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The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
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The Weed That Strings the Hangman's BagThe Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag

Alan Bradley - The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag

The story opens with the immortal words 'I was lying dead in the churchyard' (spoken, astonishingly, by Flavia herself) and ends with a funeral watched by the De Luce family on a newly-installed television set. Inbetween, Alan Bradley weaves a hauntingly nightmarish tale that involves Punch & Judy - and in particular Mr Punch's nemesis, the hangman, Jack Ketch - a frighteningly realistic puppet show, and a hitherto unexplored corner of Bishop's Lacey known as Gibbet's Wood.

 
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Tags: Bradley, Hangman, Punch, Strings, Ketch