The No1 Ethical retailer for Books, CD’s, DVD’s & Games
30 Day Refund Guarantee

Spoonbenders

Spoonbenders

by Daryl Gregory (Author), Daryl Gregory (Author)

  • Used

    Paperback 2017

    $3.25
Synopsis

Meet Matthias Telemachus, Teddy Telemachus, Maureen Telemachus, Irene Telemachus, Frankie Telemachus and Buddy Telemachus!

They were the Amazing Telemachus Family, who in the mid-1970s achieved widespread fame for their magic and mind reading act. That is, until the magic decided to disappear one night, live on national television.

We encounter this long-forgotten family two decades on, when Matty, the grandson of patriarch Teddy Telemachus, discovers powers in himself, and realises his hugely deflated, heavily indebted family truly are amazing.

Spoonbenders is the legacy and legend of a dysfunctional, normal, entirely unique family across three generations of big personalities and socially inept recluses - each cursed with the potential of being something special.

$3.25

Quantity

1 in stock

More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 416
 Publisher: riverrun
Published: 27 Jun 2017
ISBN 10: 1786482762
ISBN 13: 9781786482761

Media Reviews
This gloriously imaginative novel featuring a family of somewhat reluctant psychics has a nifty trick up its sleeve - as whimsical and eccentric as the Telemachus family is, their hopes and desires perfectly mirror our own. Spoonbenders is hilarious, heartfelt and brimming with humanity. -- Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, New York Times bestselling author of The Nest
Spoonbenders is brilliant. With the Telemachus clan, Daryl Gregory has created a family that is part J.D. Salinger and part David Foster Wallace. But the most impressive trick in the novel isn't how they read minds. Gregory's real gift is how he uses them to show the depths of the human heart. -- Christopher Farnsworth, author of Killfile and Blood Oath
Did you spend a childhood convinced that you were *this close* to developing telekinetic powers? Me too! The supernatural may elude us still, but there is real magic in Daryl Gregory's gleeful story of the Amazing Telemachus Family. Spoonbenders is also about the power of belief and whether we can ever escape our tangled family legacies - and why we might not want to. -- Jade Chang, bestselling author of The Wangs vs. the World
A joyfully weird book about psychics and con artists, and the marvels that result from the intermarriage of the two. -- Charlie Jane Anders, author of All the Birds in the Sky
Imagine amazing powers - but do so with uncommon creativity, rigor, and humor. You might, if you're lucky, arrive at the delicious drama of the girl who can smell lies; the all-at-once-ness of the boy who can't not see the future; the great dilemma of the psychic pressed into service as a spy. Daryl Gregory's novel traces the line where gift balances against curse and by the end, we realize he isn't only talking about amazing powers after all. Spoonbenders is X-Files meets The Sopranos with a real, roaring heart. -- - Robin Sloan, New York Times bestselling author of Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
A big generational family story of longing, nostalgia and humor. The writing is so deftly charming and yet deeply felt. Spoonbenders is entertaining and moving - a perfect summer read. -- Charles Yu, author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
Author Bio
Daryl Gregory is the author of the multiple-award-winning We Are All Completely Fine, which is in development at Syfy. He lives with his family in Oakland, California.