The Lion Of Boaz-Jachin And Jachin-Boaz Av Russell Hoban

<p><b>'A piece of invention as original as any of Tolkien's or C.S. Lewis's' <i>New Statesman</i><br></b><br><i>'I have gone to look for a lion.'</i> In a world where lions have become extinct, the map-maker Jachin-Boaz nevertheless abandons his wife and son to find one, leaving just this note. But his decision has unexpected consequences. He will be pursued by his son, Boaz-Jachin, and by something else: a tawny-skinned, amber-eyed beast from another place and time, a bringer of life and death.<br><br>'Magic at work ... Funny as well as beautiful' <i>Irish Times</i><br><br>'Hoban is unclassifiable, thank goodness. His narrative is so minutely and compellingly realistic that after a time you cease to notice that he has stood reality on its head' <i>Sunday Times</i></p>