A Monster Calls

An unflinching, darkly funny, and deeply moving story of a boy, his seriously ill mother, and an unexpected monstrous visitor.

At seven minutes past midnight, thirteen-year-old Conor wakes to find a monster outside his bedroom window. But it isn't the monster Conor's been expecting-- he's been expecting the one from his nightmare, the nightmare he's had nearly every night...

An unflinching, darkly funny, and deeply moving story of a boy, his seriously ill mother, and an unexpected monstrous visitor.

At seven minutes past midnight, thirteen-year-old Conor wakes to find a monster outside his bedroom window. But it isn't the monster Conor's been expecting-- he's been expecting the one from his nightmare, the nightmare he's had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments. The monster in his backyard is different. It's ancient. And wild. And it wants something from Conor. Something terrible and dangerous. It wants the truth. From the final idea of award-winning author Siobhan Dowd-- whose premature death from cancer prevented her from writing it herself-- Patrick Ness has spun a haunting and darkly funny novel of mischief, loss, and monsters both real and imagined.

派崔克·奈斯（Patrick Ness）

1971年生于美国维吉尼亚州贝尔沃堡陆军基地，6岁之前在夏威夷度过。之后和家人移居华盛顿州，从小最大的嗜好就是编故事。大学就读美国南加大英语文学系。在牛津大学教授创意写作三年，他的学生往往比这位老师年纪还大。他还为英国最大的报纸诸如《泰晤士报》《每日电讯报》《卫报》等专业媒体撰写书评。《恶魔呼唤》是他的第二部青少年小说创作，出版后获得广大回响，横扫欧美各大文学奖项，并被众多杂志报纸推选为最佳书籍。此外，他身上有个犀牛纹身，跑过两次马拉松，是具有专业水准的潜水员，曾被电影学院录取，但为了学习写作而放弃这个机会。