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1 5 y separately published work icon The Life of a Teenage Body-Snatcher Doug MacLeod , Camberwell : Penguin (fl. 1910) , 2010 Z1722534 2010 single work novel young adult detective mystery humour Thomas Timewell is sixteen and a gentleman. When he meets a body-snatcher called Plenitude, his whole life changes. He is pursued by cutthroats, a gypsy with a meat cleaver, and even the Grim Reaper. More disturbing still, Thomas has to spend an evening with the worst novelist in the world.

'A very black comedy set in England in 1828, The Life of a Teenage Body-Snatcher shows what terrible events can occur when you try to do the right thing. "Never a good idea," as Thomas's mother would say.' (From the publisher's website.)
1 State Kids Penguin (fl. 1910) , 1910 single work short story
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 7 July vol. 31 no. 1586 1910; (p. 43-44)
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