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Orphaned Lewis Barnavelt tries to help his uncle Jonathan and next-door neighbor turn back the hands of time and save the world from the disaster that will begin when the clock stops ticking within the walls of Jonathan's house. Reissue. NYT. PW.



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John Bellairs

(1938-1991) was an American novelist working primarily in the Gothic genre. He is best-known for the children's classic 1973) and for the pathbreaking fantasy novel (1969) . Bellairs held a bachelor's degree from Notre Dame University and a master's in English from the University of Chicago. He combined writing and teaching from 1963 to 1971, including a year at that coincided with that school's storied . After 1971, he took up writing as his full-time work. (from



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