The Cramp Twins

Presented in a typographical scrawl that suggests the calligraphy of a drunkard wielding a burnt stick and illustrated with Art-of-the-Insane graphics executed in the stickier varieties of body fluid, not to mention relying for much of its mirth on puerile grunge-mongery, this is hardly the type of book that will make it to the National Curriculum suggesting reading lists. Still, this surreal tale of Jekyll and Hyde twins and their diabolically dysfunctional family in a city under the corporate tyranny of a soap factory has a paradoxical, rebarbative charm that clearly appealed to the upper juniors 1 showed it to. The tale of wicked Wayne, and gentle Julian and their adventures at the Haz Chem annual Country and Western barbecue will certainly stimulate interest in any classroom it enters. It might even generate some interesting correspondence with parents.