Samuel Johnson - with a little help from his dachshund Boswell and a very unlucky demon named Nurd - has sent the demons back to Hell. But the diabolical Mrs Abernathy is not one to take defeat lying down. When she reopens the portal and sucks Samuel and Boswell down into the underworld, she brings an ice-cream van full of dwarfs as well. And two policemen. Can this eccentric gang defeat the forces of Evil? And is there life after Hell for Nurd?
Don't let the labels confuse you, this series may be mostly pitched at children but the humour and scarcasm make it very adult readable. The footnotes in particular were hilarious and I kept giggling as I read (which had the side effect of reading aloud to my husband occasionally). I reckon John Connolly had a blast writing this and it shows.
This time Samuel Johnson and his dog Boswell are sucked into hell with some other assorted characters and they have to find a way out before the demons catch them and make them suffer.
I love this series.
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