More on Enid Blyton.
In the newest Louise Rennison book, Away Laughing on a Fast Camel (which was wonderful, by the way, and if you like the Bridget Jones books at all you should read them), Georgia talks about Enid Blyton in the glossary:
japes : Enid Blyton wrote children's books about the Famous Five in the 1950s. These five complete wets had lots of "japes" and "jolly wheezes." If, for instance, they hid behind the door and then leapt out to surprise their parents, that would be a "wizard jape." I think you get the picture of what extraordinarily crap books they were.
She's so right. They are totally crap books. Yet, they have this crazy, crazy rabid following. Of course, I should probably admit that whenever I find Blyton books at used bookstores, I buy them. But mostly I do it out of spite, so that the Blyton fanatics can't get them.
I love this series! Her newest came out, and I saw it at a Barnes and Nobles in New Jersey. I vaguely remember the title... something like "And He Swallowed My Boy Entrancers"... and to those who know anything about Ms. Georgia, you know that means some halfwit male type thing ate her false eyelashes... hahaha.... I bet it was Angus!
Posted by: Michelle | 16 July 2005 at 08:53 PM
Almost, but not quite! (Her trip to Hamburger-a-gogo land was hilarious).
Posted by: leila | 18 July 2005 at 11:30 AM