Oliver Twisted
Synopsis
The world according to Oliver Twisted is simple. Vampyres feed on the defenceless, orphans are sacrificed to hungry gods and if a woe-begotten
catches your scent it will hunt you forever. On the advice of a corpse, Oliver flees his ghastly orphan life to seek his destiny in the dark streets of old London Town, despite the perils of the woe-begotten zombie-infested journey. There he meets the shadowy Dodger, the evil old soul-stealer Fagin, and the menacing Bill Sikes, who is more werewolf than man. But will Oliver Twisted be the world’s salvation, or its downfall?
An authentically Dickensian and genuinely inventive reimagining of Dickens’eternal classic, this is Victorian England but not as we know it!
Author's Biography
J D Sharpe grew up in London, went to Oxford and for a whole summer thought about becoming a police officer, so worked at New Scotland Yard. J D finally decided that writing horror stories would be much more exciting, and that frightening people was far more thrilling.
Reviews
‘There is certainly gore aplenty in J.D. Sharpe's clever and pacy horror 'makeover' of the Charles Dickens . . . Sharpe made a wise decision not to deviate too far from the core plot of Oliver Twist.’ Martin Chilton, The Daily telegraph, February 2012
‘. . . [JD Sharpe] hopes to encourage children to engage with a story they might not think they are capable of reading.’ Oxfordshire Guardian, March 2012
Price £ 6.99 Binding: Paperback Publication date 02/02/12