Spaceboy at Burlap Hall
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The illustration on the front of BfK this month is the cover of The Book of the Banshee by Anne Fine (see Authorgraph for details). The book is published by Hamish Hamilton and we thank them for their help in using Derek Brazell's illustration.
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Spaceboy at Burlap Hall
This yarn gushes with all the tacky whackiness of a B-movie cartoon strip. The maelstrom of detail could irritate readers wanting to get to the end. The stereotyped pupils and staff of the benighted school are forced to reckon with not only a vindictive schools inspector (on a bike?), but also a pair of prankish space boys with hypnotic powers and scaly skin. No wonder the Head drinks whisky out of his ink well! Only buy it if you've got cash to spare and the prequel, Vampire Master, took off.
