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William Horwood, author of two other bestselling "sequels" to Kenneth Grahame's beloved classic, The Wind in the Willows (The Willows in Winter and Toad Triumphant), picks up where Grahame left off, with nary a misstep. The flavour and tone of his thrilling story, along with Patrick Benson's marvellous crosshatched illustrations, have done the impossible: brought Grahame's characters back to life. Like a river, time moves inexorably forward. Ratty, Mole, Otter, Toad, and Badger are growing older. They are content to live out their lives on the River Bank in peaceful reflection--until, that is, one of those mysterious eddies of life picks them up and spins them around. It all starts when Rat, while "communing" with the River, senses that something is terribly wrong. Soon after, a mysterious summons to collect an item from the post office arrives. From there, the adventures gather speed. Whether fighting off the horrible Beast of the Iron Bridge, rescuing Rat from a near-fatal bout with indigestion, or trying to save the Wild Wood from impending, polluting Progress, the friends have no time to slip quietly into old age. Even so, each animal must begin to prepare to hand over to the next generation. (All ages, 9 and older). --Emilie Coulter
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‘Faithful to Grahame’s classic… sheer escapism, full of character.’
Daily Mail
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This has finished the trilogy and has done it well. The tears streamed down my face reading this book and I loved it. If books are meant to touch us then this one touched me (far more than some more highbrow novels) and I would advise anyone to give it a read. All things change.......
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This tremendous tale brings to an end William Horwood's compelling trilogy. The three stories have made other attempts to provide sequels to Grahame's immortal classic look like weak parodies that should be treated as lightweight chaff that can be swept away by a fast flowing river. As with the other two books, this one is brilliantly illustrated by Patrick Benson who 2 years before this book, illustrated a version of the original classic which had an introduction by Horwood and was a perfect match in size and style to the trilogy by Horwood.
As always there are 12 chapters and the endpapers by Benson play a vital and unfolding part in the trilogy. The final chapter entitled 'Return to Mole End' relates to the reader how Mole, Ratty, Badger, Otter and Toad hand over to the next generation such as Portly. It is incredibly moving and it completes the saga which began almost exactly 100 years ago with Mole spring-cleaning and continued at the start of this tale with the loyal companions approaching the autumn of their lives. This is a book that will stay in the memory and any spoilers would ruin a narrative journey that should be explored alone, or in company, but definitely not tainted by knowing where the journey leads and who one is to meet on the way.
As always there are 12 chapters and the endpapers by Benson play a vital and unfolding part in the trilogy. The final chapter entitled 'Return to Mole End' relates to the reader how Mole, Ratty, Badger, Otter and Toad hand over to the next generation such as Portly. It is incredibly moving and it completes the saga which began almost exactly 100 years ago with Mole spring-cleaning and continued at the start of this tale with the loyal companions approaching the autumn of their lives. This is a book that will stay in the memory and any spoilers would ruin a narrative journey that should be explored alone, or in company, but definitely not tainted by knowing where the journey leads and who one is to meet on the way.
Format:Paperback
My mum loved this book! It was in good quality for a used book, better than anticipated but came a bit late. Not the sellers fault but our post services after all. Great book.
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Horwood- the man who killed off Ratty, Mole and the Willows
This book is the only book to have had me sobbing. William Horwood kills off all the main Grahame characters. Read more
Published on 23 Feb 2006 by 2600Brian
The end of childhood
William Horwood takes the lives of the Riverbankers to their final conclusion. Why has he done this? Read more
Published on 21 Mar 2001
A wonderful and emotional end/beginning to the Willows saga
I must take a completely different approach to the first review listed above. I found this final book of the Willows saga by William Horwood to be an exciting and mystical... Read more
Published on 9 Jan 2001
A reasonable read, but Kenneth Grahame won't like it!
While this Mr. Horwood attempts to bring the stories of Toad, Ratty, Mole, Badger and Otter to a believable conclusion, who ever asked him to? Read more
Published on 29 Oct 2000
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