Creature of the Night (novel)
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Creature of the Night is a
Plot summary
Bobby, the fourteen-year-old narrator, is a thief and a hooligan. When his mother moves him and his young brother to a cottage near Ennis in County Clare[4] his only thought is how to get back to a life of crime in Dublin. Eventually he steals a Skoda car and goes back, only to find things have changed and he has no place there. He reluctantly returns to the cottage and is given work by a local farmer.
The cottage they are living in is on a path between two fairy forts. The family is warned by the farmer’s mother to put out a bowl of milk every night, but they consider this a mere superstition. Being deprived of the milk, a little old fairy woman comes through the dog flap into the kitchen. Dennis, Bobby's brother, sees and accepts her, but for Bobby it is a baffling and rather frightening mystery.
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References
- bodley Head. Archived from the originalon 28 October 2008. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
- Irish Times. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
- ^ "Teenage Prize". Booktrust Teenage Prize. Archived from the original on 7 March 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
- ^ a b Ardagh, Philip (12 July 2008). "The changeling". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
- Irish Times. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
- ^ "Review Creature of the Night". Bookheads. Retrieved 23 April 2009.[permanent dead link]
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