You’re A Bad Man, Mr Gum!
I should not be reading Mr Gum. There, I said it, I admitted it, and now hopefully I can have myself some peace! Mr Gum is a children-scaring, horrible old man who loves nothing better than sliming things just because he can, and being utterly, dreadfully miserable. If he could eat children and get away with it he would, I bet. But alas I do, despite him being obnoxious to a fault and thoroughly miserable to the core! Andy Stanton possesses quite the gift when it comes to writing children’s books that make very little sense, go off at tangents left and right, and are generally anything but adult. Yep, no trace of adult in them, and no words like Henderson Cisz either (I just saw that name on another more adult web-site, though not adult in THAT way, and I still don’t know who this person is). That said, they are also incredibly addictive and just outrageously good fun. Just don’t read Mr Gum on the train like I did, because I can guarantee you that after five or ten minutes, quite a few people will be looking at you strange…
The best thing about Stanton’s book series – this one is the first in a line of eight or so that are also stupendously silly and fun – is that there isn’t really a plot. Instead, our humble narrator takes us through an epic adventure of a dog who loves mess-making, an evil old man who must be defeated, and a fairy with a frying pan that is very annoying and exists for no good reason whatsoever. In other words, it’s stuff that anyone can enjoy. Mr Gum is sure to go down in the history books as one of the most beloved series of recent years. You’re a bad man, Mr Gum, but we love you for it, so please don’t stop!
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