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The Gates

The Gates
A Samuel Johnson Tale  
Read by: Jonathan Cake
This edition: Unabridged Audio Download
Availability: Available on or around October 6, 2009
List Price: $17.95
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Young Samuel Johnson and his dachshund, Boswell, are trying to show initiative by trick-or-treating a full three days before Halloween, which is how they come to witness strange goings-on at 666 Crowley Road. The Abernathys don’t mean any harm by their flirtation with the underworld, but when they unknowingly call forth Satan himself, they create a gap in the universe, a gap through which a pair of enormous gates is visible. The gates to Hell. And there are some pretty terrifying beings just itching to get out. . . .

Bursting with imagination and impossible to put down, New York Times bestselling author John Connolly’s "wholly original" (People) and "refreshing" (San Francisco Chronicle) novel is about the pull between good and evil, physics and fantasy. It is about a quirky and eccentric boy, who is impossible not to love, and the unlikely cast of characters who give him the strength to stand up to a demonic power.

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Guardian.co.uk, September 6, 2010
...Buckley – Contact Angus Peter Campbell – Archie And The North Wind Matthew Condon – The Trout Opera John Connolly – The Gates Michael Crummey – Galore DO Dodd – JEW Emma Donoghue – Room Louise Doughty – Whatever You ...
Brisbane Courier-Mail, August 20, 2010
...IRISH author John Connolly's most enigmatic character The Collector does more than make his presence felt with his haunting opening words: "The world is old and evil." The "raggedy man" not ...
Dayton Daily News, October 23, 2009
...647 More like this Automatically generated based on the text of this story. Larger type Smaller type “The Gates” by John Connolly, (Atria Books, 296 pages, $24). Young Samuel Johnson decided to get an early start on Halloween. On the ...
Northern Echo, October 10, 2009
...0) IT?S a good job young Samuel Johnson has an inquisitive and receptive mind because when the gates of hell are accidentally opened and the world is threatened by the devil and his hordes, only Samuel is interested enough to investigate. ...
PublishersWeekly.com, October 7, 2009
... By Dick Donahue -- , 10/5/2009 8:05:00 AM An interview with John Connolly, whose new novel, The Gates, will be published by Atria on October 6. PW: The protagonist of The Gates is an 11-year-old boy. After the major success of your ...
Irish Times, October 2, 2009
...THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: JOHN CONNOLLY: THE POINTED GUN is the first thing I notice in the study of crimewriter John Connolly, a bright tent-like space carved out under the eaves at the top of ...