Bibliograph

In search of Goliathus hercules, Jennifer Angus

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Label

In search of Goliathus hercules, Jennifer Angus

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

In search of Goliathus hercules

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Jennifer Angus

Summary

This is the fantastic story of Henri Bell, a near-orphan who in 1890 is sent to live with his ancient great-aunt and her extensive button collection. One rainy afternoon, Henri strikes up a conversation with a friendly fly on the windowsill and discovers he possesses the astounding ability to speak with insects. Thus commences an epic journey for Henri as he manages a flea circus, commands an army of beetles, and ultimately sets out to British Malaya to find the mythical giant insect known as Goliathus hercules. Along the way he makes friends both insect and human, and undergoes a strange transformation of his own. Artist Jennifer Angus, known for her Victorian-inspired exhibits of insect specimens, brings her distinctive sensibility to the pages of her first novel

Target audience

juvenile

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