The Iremonger Trilogy Series by Edward Carey

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  • Heap House (The Iremonger Trilogy #1)
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    Heap House (The Iremonger Trilogy #1)

    Edward Carey

    Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 2013

    The extensive Iremonger family of Filching ("kings of mildew, moguls of mould") has made a fortune from junk, building a dark and sprawling mansion from salvage scrap. Heap House is surrounded by the dangerous, noxious, shifting Heaps that stretch beyond its bounds, while within its walls, certain objects begin to display strange signs of life... more

  • Foulsham (The Iremonger Trilogy #2)
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    Foulsham (The Iremonger Trilogy #2)

    Edward Carey

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 2014

    Heap House, the acclaimed first volume in the Iremonger Trilogy, introduced young Clod Iremonger, who lives with his eccentric family at their crumbling mansion on the Heaps, a collection of garbage and curios. To be an Iremonger means you have a birth object you must keep with you at all times. Clod’s is a bath plug. Plucky orphan servant girl Lucy Pennant makes an appearance. The objects in the house are showing signs of life... more

  • Lungdon: Book Three (The Iremonger Trilogy #3)
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    Lungdon: Book Three (The Iremonger Trilogy #3)

    Edward Carey

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 2015

    The delightfully macabre, astonishingly original trilogy reaches its thrilling conclusionThe dirt town of Foulsham has been destroyed, its ashes still smoldering. Darkness lies heavily over the city, the sun has not come up for days, and inside the houses of people throughout the capital, ordinary objects have begun to move. Strange new people run through the darkened streets. There are rumours of a terrible contagion. From the richest mansion to the poorest slum people have disappeared... more

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