![]() ![]() Unfortunately, de Lint gives more weight to fantasy arcana than to more accessible universals, undercutting the potential ``cross-over'' appeal of this otherwise readable tale. Saunders who got the ball rolling Andrew J. The pair flee and tackle all manner of bikers and ``bogans'' (evil entities that look like winos in non-Faerie reality), and Jacky finds a replacement for her wayward love in Eilian, the hunkish son of a Laird of Dunlogan. De Lint, Charles - Jack, the Giant-Killer Read more Charles de Lint - Forests Of The Heart Read more Charles de Lint - Spirits in the Wires Read more Recommend Documents Charles de Lint - Mulengro MULENGRO MULENGRO A ROMANY TALE by Charles de Lint for Charles R. is Jacky Rowan-a young woman who leads a. Jacky's best friend, Kate Hazel, agrees (at first skeptically) to help her. A re-creation of the tale, Jack, the Giant-killer, set in 20th century Canada. Having recently witnessed the murder of a gnome by evil bikers, Jacky's meeting with Finn inspires her with the renewed vitality to embark upon a quest to save the daughter of a Laird of Kinrowan, who is being held in a Giant's Keep. Feeling empty, confused and rejected, Jacky meets Dunrobin Finn, a gnome who introduces her to a parallel reality, Faerie, which she can see and enter into by wearing a magic red cap. ![]() Jacky Rowan's boyfriend of three months has just dumped her because she has begun to bore him. ![]() In his eighth fantasy novel, the author of Moonheart and Yarrow turns the stories of ""Jack the Giant Killer'' and ``Jack and the Bean Stalk'' into a contemporary tale set in Ottawa. ![]()
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