'Glorious. A story that will be found and enjoyed and dreamed about for years to come' NEIL GAIMAN'Faber's writing is so dizzyingly accomplished that he is able to convince you that just sometimes, the old stories are the best ones' GUARDIAN__________________________A modern-day Dickensian fable and a celebration of friendship and humanity, by the acclaimed author of The Crimson Petal and the White.It all starts on the morning the letter D disappears from the language. First, it vanishes from h ...