Hildegunst von Mythenmetz, hailed as Zamonia's greatest writer, is on vacation in Lindworm Castle when a disturbing message reaches him, and he must return to Bookholm to investigate a mystery. The magnificently rebuilt city has once again become a metropolis of storytelling and the book trade. Mythenmetz encounters old friends and new denizens of the city--and the shadowy "Invisible Theater." Astonishingly inventive, amusing, and engrossing, this is a captivating story from the wild imagination of Walter Moers.

Author Biography

Walter Moers was born in 1957 and is a writer, cartoonist, painter, and sculptor. He is the author of"The 13 o Lives of Captain Bluebear, Rumo, A Wild Ride Through the Night, The City of Dreaming Books," and "The Alchemaster's Apprentice," all published byOverlook. John Brownjohn is the award-winning translator of Walter Moers, Michael Ende. ("The Neverending Story"), and many other German writers"