The Gates by John Connolly

[frakkintalos]

I just borrowed this book from a friend. It is so much fun.

Description from Amazon:

In this frothy fantasy thriller from bestseller Connolly (The Book of Lost Things), 11-year-old Samuel Johnson witnesses an inadvertent intersection of science and the supernatural while trick-or-treating at the Abernathy household in Biddlecombe, England. Something nasty reaches through an atomically engineered portal to Hades and possesses four suburban sorcerers. From that point on, Samuel finds himself battling hordes of invading demons and desperately trying to convince disbelieving adults that the impending end of the world is not a fancy of his overactive imagination. Connolly plays this potentially spooky scenario strictly for laughs, larding the narrative with droll jokes, humorous asides and the slapstick pratfalls of Nurd, an amusingly incompetent subdemon whom Samuel ultimately befriends. Though billed as an adult book for children, this light fantasy will strike even adult readers as divertingly whimsical.

So far, it's been a pretty quick read. The wit reminds me of Hitchhikers Guide. If you get a chance, give it a read.

[Pike]

Bumped in the hopes someone else will comment and therefore I will remember to check it out.

[frakkintalos]

I'm a little more than half-way through and it has turned dark. The humor is toned down and the ridiculous is becoming reality, creating true peril for the characters.

I can't wait to find out what happens.