Джоан Роулинг (J.K. Rowling)
When a letter arrives for unhappy but ordinary Harry Potter, a decade-old secret is revealed to him. His parents were
wizards, killed by a Dark Lord’s curse when Harry was just a baby, and which he somehow survived. Escaping from his unbearable Muggle guardians to Hogwarts, a wizarding school brimming with ghosts and enchantments, Harry stumbles into a sinister adventure when he finds a three- headed dog guarding a room on the third floor. Then he hears of a missing stone with astonishing powers which could be valuable, dangerous, or both.
‘Funny, imaginative, magical ... Rowling has woken up a whole generation to reading. In the 2020s, thirty-something book-lovers will know each other by smug references to Diagon Alley and Quidditch’ The Times
‘This is a terrific book’ Sunday Telegraph
‘Has all the makings of a classic ... Rowling uses classic narrative devices with flair and originality and delivers a complex and
demanding plot in the form of a hugely entertaining thriller’ Scotsman
‘And you thought wizardry was for
children. Harry Potter will make you think again. He casts his spells on grown-
ups too’ James Naughtie
‘Full of surprises and jokes; comparisons with Dahl are, this time, justified’
Sunday Times
£11.99
Harry Potter and the
Philosopher’s Stone