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The Mouse and His Child (Paperback)

by Russell Hoban (Author)
4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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  • Paperback: 165 pages
  • Publisher: Faber Children's Books; New edition edition (4 Aug 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0571226175
  • ISBN-13: 978-0571226177
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.4 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 137,543 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"'Brilliantly plotted... a spellbinder... it has a style that glows and crackles.' Spectator"

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So begins the story of a tin father and son who dance under a Christmas tree until they break the ancient clockwork rules and are themselves broken. Thrown away, then rescued from a dustbin and repaired by a tramp, they set out on a dangerous quest for a family and a place of their own.

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Deep philosophy--for children!, 19 Feb 2006
By J. D. Ritchie (Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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A deep, intelligent, powerful book clothed as childrens literature. This book works on several levels so it can be appreciated as a simple road tale, an adventure or as one of the deepest philosophical works ever written and all the more meaningful for being so accessible. As a 10 year old I read this and ended up staring sleeplessly at the ceiling pondering the issues raised. The only let down is the somewhat lazy conversion of the genuinely terrifying evil character of Manny Rat into a good guy.
Your children are not stupid. Buy this and make them think.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Too good for kids., 20 April 2006
I didn't know Russell Hoban wrote for children until recently. His "Riddley Walker" is one of my all-time favourite adult books.

The Mouse and His Child turned out to be a supreme delight. A beautiful, inventive and imaginative book that pulled at my heartstrings from the first page and expertly sustained this powerful sensation until the end. It continues to affect me, and I've recently re-read it. It's one of the books that I like my friends to read.

Whether a 10yr old could manage it these days, I couldn't say. If you're getting it for a young child, you'd enjoy reading it to them.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars A road trip tale for children, 5 April 2009
By Annabel Gaskell "gaskella2" (Nr Oxford, UK) - See all my reviews
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This Pinnochio-esque tale for older children written in 1967 of a clockwork Daddy mouse and his child is a modern children's classic. Deservedly so, it features a road trip for the discarded and broken wind-up mice full of adventure, peril and featuring a nasty rat-baddy, also much happier episodes where the mice make many new friends; all wrapped up in philosophical musings about the circle of life, friendship and families.

There were many memorable characters; Manny Rat starts out by being a really nasty villain, but gradually is tamed; the crows of the Caws of Art Experimental Theatre Group were mad luvvy actors; but my favourite was the fortune-telling frog, who becomes the child's uncle. The adventures of the clockwork duo in the wide, wide world, always on the lookout for someone to wind them up again as they travel in their quest to reunite with former wind-up friends and their holy grail of becoming self-winding, will delight younger readers (although some of the aforesaid philosophical musings may slow things down a bit). This novel would also be a brilliant story to read aloud.

Yet as an adult reading it for myself, it left me slightly cold. I've read one Hoban adult novel recently and loved it, and my book group has picked his post-apocalyptic cult classic Riddley Walker for next month which I'm looking forward to. 'The mouse and his child', although the world it depicts is anything but cosy, felt just a tad too sentimental but also a little self-importantly clever to me. It was certainly an interesting adult read, just not quite my cup of tea. (NB: I would have given it 7/10 rather than *** if allowed).
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