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Classical in form, resolved, comic and warm.
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- effortlessdemanding
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- Author
- David Walliams
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 302
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Children's Books, HarperCollins Publishers, Rowohlt
- Editions
- 34
- Language
- English, cat, Dutch, glg
- ISBN
- 9783499217401
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Walliams began writing children's novels in 2008 after securing a contract with the publisher HarperCollins. His books have been translated into 53 languages and he has been described as the fastest-growing children's author in the UK with a literary style compared to that of Roald Dahl.
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