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Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy

Skulduggery Pleasant

by Derek Landy
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  • First Published:
  • Apr 3, 2007, 400 pages
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  • Mar 2008, 416 pages
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Derek Landy lives near Dublin, Ireland; the setting for Skulduggery Pleasant, which is his first book. After working on a farm and deciding that life was not for him, he started writing for horror movies, two of which were produced by the Irish Film Board: Dead Bodies (2003), and Boy Eats Girl (2005).

Coming Soon: The second in the Skulduggery Pleasant series, Playing With Fire (May 2008).

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