Declan Tan’s novel, Bad Eggs: The Adventures
of the Duke. And Errol is a recent publication by Not So Noble
Books. My one-word review is as follows:
“Unique.”
It’s a word that’s used way too often but in this case, it’s
thoroughly well-deserved. Declan Tan is
the real deal. Some writers start a
story and you can’t guess how it ends, which requires a certain amount of
talent. Others can start a sentence and you don’t know how it’s
going to end, which is a rare gift.
The book is billed as “An absurdist remake of the relentlessly bleak
Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme.” If you
like the sound of that, I’m guessing you’re not looking for something
generic.
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