- Paperback: 144 pages
- Publisher: Faber and Faber; First Edition edition (4 Sep 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0571209475
- ISBN-13: 978-0571209477
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.4 x 1.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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Eddie Dickens continues his hilarious adventures in the second book in this best-selling trilogy, hailed by the Guardian as 'a scrumptious cross between Dickens and Monty Python'. Eddie Dickens narrowly avoids an explosion, a hot-air balloon and arrest, only to find himself falling head-over heels for a girl with a face like a camel's, and into the hands of a murderous gang of escaped convicts who have 'one little job for him to do'. Also available on Faber Penguin Audiobooks.
About the Author
Philip Ardagh, whose very first Grubtown Tale won him the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, is author of numerous books including the award-winning Eddie Dickens adventures, currently in over 30 languages. He wrote BBC radio's first truly interactive radio drama, collaborated with Sir Paul McCartney on his first children's book and is a 'regularly irregular' reviewer of children's books for the Guardian. Married with a son, he divides his time between Tunbridge Wells and Grubtown, where he cultivates his impressive beard.
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Takes up the story of Eddie Dickens from the finish of Awful End. I felt, however, that many children might find this book less appealing than its precursor. The wordplay and sick jokes of Dreadful Acts seemed far less insistent than those in Awful End: yet those sick jokes are surely the reason to read the book in the first place. Also, even though it is held up as ridiculous, Eddie's love (of sorts) for a girl (of sorts) is not, perhaps, something with which all youngsters will have patience.
Despite reservations, however, this is one grown-up who found Dreadful Acts a most enjoyable read, just the thing for a cold and dark Saturday afternoon in winter.
Format:Paperback
After the series being kicked off toa great start by Awful End, Dreadful acts follows (if not improves)the Philp Ardagh formula. It begins with an exiciting entarnce as awful end blows up.... and that is just in chapter one! further into the book things get (strangly posible)sillier!If you were a fan of awful end or just love siller books (each book in the series can be a stand alone title) then dreadful acts is for you!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Wonderfully Entertaining
11 May 2004
Format:Hardcover
I first discovered the Eddie Dickens' Trilogy by sheer good fortune while Christmas shopping two years ago. (I was perhaps a little struck by the comparison to Monty Python.) I promptly bought "A House Called Awful End" for my niece, and spent the night ploughing through the book, laughing the entire way. What a brilliant and witty narrative Philip Ardagh spins. Needless to say, I was eagerly awaiting a chance to read more about the mishaps and misadventures of the young Eddie Dickens.
"Dreadful Acts" introduces us once again to the hilariously weird world that Eddie inhabits. He lives in a house called Awful End with his Mad Uncle Jack (who lives in a treehouse, well, a dried-fish house), his even Madder Aunt Maud (who lives in a hollow cow named Marjorie - don't ask if you haven't read the first book), his parents and various other servants who have little sense among the lot of them. Eddie is awoken one morning to find a driverless hearse in the driveway and must contend with the coffin that is left behind and the escapologist inside that coffin, The Great Zucchinni. Eddie's escapades with Zucchinni and his helper Daniella, land Eddie in a variety of troubling positions - jail, helping escaped convicts, and a chase on the misty moors that surround the town.
Set in Victorian England, Ardagh peppers his narration with whimsical asides to the readers, definitions of possible little-known words and comments about how our hero might feel if he were in a book. Ardagh's pithy narration is sprinkled with sketches (by David Roberts) that enhance the crazy characters that fill Eddie's life. While the series does read a little like Lemony Snicket, Ardagh has his own style and humor that bring Eddie and his insane relatives to life. And while this may be classified as a children's book, it's intelligence and humor are suited for any adult who appreciates good literature.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Very Interesting
5 Jun 2006
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I really like te Eddie Dickens trilogy. They are fun books to read because of how they are writen. The author knows how to keep someone interested in the book. During the book he will talk to you like he is telling you a story face to face. It is a fun way to read a book. What makes it even better are the characters. Eddie who is very young is like the adult to all the grown ups. He has to tell them what to do and get them out of trouble. With all of his different adventures he goes on, it makes it hard to put it down because you want to see what Eddie will do next.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
the dreadful acts
16 Nov 2005
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This book is great! I have already read this book five times and it never gets old! You have to read it for yourself!
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