The Wild Things

Seven-year-old Max likes to make noise, get dirty, ride his bike without a helmet and howl like a wolf. In any other era, he would be considered a boy. In 2007, he is considered willful and deranged. His home life is problematic. His parents are divorced; his father, immature and romantic, lives in the city. His mother has taken up with a younger man who steals quarters from the change bowl in the foyer. Driven by a series of pressures internal and external, Max leaves home, jumps in a boat and sails across the ocean to a strange island where giant beasts reign. The "Wild Things" is from Maurice Sendak's visionary classic. This is an all-ages adventure, full of wit and soul, that explores the chaos of youth while Max explores the chaos of the world around him. The live-action film, co-written by Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers, and directed by Jonze, is due this autumn.

Title - The Wild Things

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Author - Dave Eggers

ISBN 13 - 9780241144220

Imprint - Hamish Hamilton Ltd

Publisher - Penguin Books Ltd

Date Published - 29/10/2009

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Binding Type - Hardback

Dimensions - 144 x 222 x 29mm

Weight - 414 g

Languages - English