Author | Darren Shan |
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Country | Ireland |
Language | English |
Genre | Children's novel, Fantasy novel, dark comedy novel, adventure novel |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Publication date | 29 April 2010 |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Pages | 496 pp (first edition, hardback) |
ISBN | 0-00-73158-48 (first edition, hardback) |
OCLC | 464590174 |
The Thin Executioner is young adult and dark fantasy novel written by Irish playwright Darren O'Shaughnessy under the pen name of Darren Shan, published in April 2010. Inspired by and partially adapting Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and The Firework-Maker's Daughter by Philip Pullman, Shan cited Middle Eastern influences for the novel's tone, describing the novel as his "favourite out of all his books [to have written]." [1] [2]
Jebel is the third son of his kingdom's executioner Rashed Rum, seen as the most respected individual before the king; as such, family is honored as royalty. After Jebel is left out of his father's retirement speech informing the kingdom that his two older sons will battle in a competition to see who will have the honor of succeeding him executioner — Jebel having been left out due to his thin and scrawny stature, Jebel is (in his eyes) forever publicly disgraced. Subsequently, Jebel makes the rash decision to embark on a quest to Tubaygat, a holy mountain and home to the fire god Sabbah Eid, a being who supposedly grants questors invincibility and long life in exchange for a human sacrifice. Accompanied by slave Tel Hesani, Jebel embarks on a dark and brutal journey filled with lynch mobs, suicide cults, terrible monsters, and worse, monstrous men. But to Jebel, the risk is worth it.
The Thin Executioner opened to largely positive reviews by critics.
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