# In the Lives of Puppets by TJ. Klune T. J. Klune (Paperback)

**From _New York Times_ bestselling author TJ Klune, _In the Lives of Puppets_ is a queer retelling of the Pinocchio tale, inviting you deep into the heart of a peculiar forest and on the extraordinary journey of a family assembled from spare parts.  
  
New for paperback! This paperback edition includes the poignant short story 'Reduce! Reuse! Recycle!' set in the same extraordinary world_._  
  
\*A _New York Times_, _Sunday Times_ and Indie Bestseller\*  
\*Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Science Fiction\***  
  
In a small home, built into the branches of a tree, live a human named Victor and three robots. These are a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine, a small vacuum desperate for love and attention, and a fatherly inventor-android named Giovanni Lawson. Together they're a family, hidden and safe.  
  
Then Vic salvages an unfamiliar android labelled 'HAP'. He learns that Hap and Gio share a dark past, where they hunted humans. And Hap unwittingly gives away Gio's location. Before they know it, robots from Gio's former life arrive - to capture and return the android to his old laboratory in the City of Electric Dreams.  
  
The rest of the unconventional family must travel across an unforgiving and otherworldly country to rescue Gio from decommissioning. Or worse, reprogramming. Along the way, Vic must decide if he can handle his feelings for Hap - even if they come with strings attached.  
  
**Inspired by Carlo Collodi's _The Adventures of Pinocchio_, _In the Lives of Puppets_ is a masterful standalone fantasy adventure from the author who brought you _The House in the Cerulean Sea_ and _Under the Whispering Door_.  
  
'A deeply stirring journey through a world of extraordinary robots' - Chuck Tingle, Hugo-shortlisted author of _Camp Damascus_**  
  
_In the Lives of Puppets_ was a No. 1 _Sunday Times_ HB Bestseller w/c 24/04/2023.

## Details

- **Price:** 9.99 GBP
- **Vendor:** Pan Macmillan
- **Tags:** All Books, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi

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