abject_reptile's reviews
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Eye-poppingly gorgeous illustrations and a cover so delicious that I want to lick the plum from the paper. 'The Elegant Elephant Delicatessen' is the visual centrepiece of the book (it opens up to a four page spread) but the longest poem is 'Mrs. Bhattacharya's Chapati Zap Machine', a title which trips from the tongue as readily as the wayward chapatis fly from the Zap Machine. Delightful.

If I hadn't been trapped on the bus with it, I wouldn't have bothered. Good art. Daft stories. As for Phyllis Curott's belief in Leland's veracity -- I had to get off the bus so I was spared the last page of the interview.