I was very keen to read this after enjoying Patrick's Chaos Walking series. This is definitley adult turf, but could be enjoyed by teens who liked his earlier books. For this story Patrick has taken a Japanese folk tale and infused it into the lives of a dysfunctional family living in contemporary London. All the action stems from an encounter the main character has on a freezing winter night in his backyard with a large crane, with a five foot arrow through it's wing. The next day a mysterious Japnese women artist arrives at his print shop and life starts looking up.

This really lived up to expectations. Very engaging characters, whose lives you can buy into. Great if you like a dash of magic realism in your contemporary lit fiction.