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Kasper in the Glitter (Paperback)

by Philip Ridley (Author), Chris Riddell (Illustrator)
3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Puffin Books; New edition edition (9 Jul 1995)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140368914
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140368918
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 254,364 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Kasper Whiskey and his mother, Pumpkin, live in a wasteland, called the Nothing, but brighten their lives by keeping everything yellow - including clothes and food. Kasper is forced to go into the city to retrieve his mother's brooch, stolen by heart throb Mink.

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A very good book!, 21 Oct 2000
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Kasper Whiskey doesn't know city life, he lives far away with his mother Pumpkin, but when a boy he meets introduces him to it everything is changed. A great book about children who are homelessand how Kasper copes in The City. I enjoyed this book but not as much as I enjoyed Vinegar Street. A great book.
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1.0 out of 5 stars The best thing to do with this book is use it as a firelighter., 30 May 2009
A Kid's Review
The title pretty much sums it up but here is my review in detail:
The central premise is utter rubbish,the writing supposedly quirky but actually stupid and you want to set about the main character with a pickaxe or something similar.A poker maybe?
He is a total over perfect idiot and his mother is just as bad.
If you dont have a fire
a)bury it
b)chop it up and dump it in a landfill site
c) save yourself some money and leave this toxic specimen well alone.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Gold and full of 'sparkle'., 18 Aug 2008
By G. Munday "www.myspace.com/garymunday" (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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It is easy to see why critics have deemed Ridley as the new Dahl. The eccentric world that he creates is one filled with wonder, Banoffi pies and quiffs, yet `Kasper in the Glitter' is an effortless read that is convincing yet quirky.

The story is based around a young boy called Kasper who lives a lonely life with his mother, Pumpkin. The mother is a high-maintenance, prim dahhling that wanders the house/ex-beauty salon to ensure that everything `sparkles'. Kasper wears only yellow and the two of them eat only food that is yellow. Their other habits are equally baffling.

Their strange abode is located in the waste ground known as `The Nothing' and looks out onto the twinkling streetlamps of The City. A sequence of events happens one evening, which leads Kasper into believing that a boy of his age called `Heartthrob' has stolen Pumpkin's most precious of brooches. In order to make his mother's life `sparkle' once again, he goes out in search of Heartthrob and visits The City for the first time. But it isn't long before his original intentions for visiting this new and exciting place are overshadowed by far stranger encounters, including a meet with The Gloom's self-proclaimed King, who demands he prepare him a Banoffi Pie to make him say, `YUM!'.

It may be evident from the above that explaining a Philip Ridley book is surprisingly hard and does little justice in encapsulating and praising his madly marvellous plots. This particular book echoes messages to children, such as the importance of friendship, honesty and trust, but communicates this through a playful and warped world. The characters are accessible and predictable and the repetition in the text makes it an apt choice for both readers from Year 4 to Year 6. The influence from 1950s rock `n' roll subculture may also serve as a basis to discuss other topics outside of Literacy, including 20th century history and popular music.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Philip Ridley has a good imagination, especialy in this book
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