The Land of Laughs

The Land of Laughs

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image_caption = Dust-jacket from the first edition
author = Jonathan Carroll
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country = United States
language = English
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genre = Fantasy novel
publisher = Viking Press
release_date = 1980
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media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 241 pp
isbn = ISBN 0670417556
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"The Land of Laughs" is fantasy novel by Jonathan Carroll. It was first published by Viking Press in 1980 and is the author's first novel. The novel was notably reprinted by Orion Books in 2000 as volume 9 of their Fantasy Masterworks series [cite web
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Plot summary

The book concerns a schoolteacher who is researching the life of one of his favorite children's book authors. He is warmly, and unexpectedly, greeted by the author's adult daughter. All seems well until a dog begins talking to him, as the line between the author's fantasy world and the reality of the schoolteacher's life blurs.

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