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Der Schrecksenmeister by Walter Moers
The translation, The Alchemaster's Apprentice , looks like it might do justice to the beautilful play with language that makes this fantasy tale special.
The general idea reminds me of ETA Hoffmann's Tomcat Murr, but it quickly becomes it's own adventure, with exellent illustrations.
And I want to reccomend A Wild Ride Through the Night by the same author.


King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table by Benedict Flynn
I got the audio book read by Sean Bean for my b-day. 'nuff said. *blushes*


Idioten. Fünf Märchen by Jakob Arjouni
Back to German authors... five fairy-tales, set in today's Berlin. A fairy visits five people and grants them a wish...
An old motiv, but very well transferred into the 'now'. What do people wish for nowadays?


The Flight of the Heron,
Gleam in the North,
Dark Mile by DK Borster
Duty, honour and doing what is right... it's all in the eyes of the beholder. *sigh* Dear Keith...

Der Heilige Eddy by Jakob Arjouni


Fool by Christopher Moore
Fun, fun, fun! Reads like a goth-y slapstick movie, just my kind of thing.
Quote:
"What ho, daughter," said he. "Hast thou shagged a fool?" "Methinks any wench who shags a man hath shagged a fool. Father."
*snickers*

Ein Schuss, ein Schrei by Roger Willemsen


Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Nice, the prototype of pirate adventures. One-legged pirate, check. Talking parrot, check. Meddling cabin boy, check. Noble doctor, check. castaway left on island, check. Evil, if dimwitted pirates, check.