Christopher Millin

Received a free copy of this book for review as a former What If? reviewer.

This is one of the more strange and unsettling books I've read, about a boy trapped in a pit with a man named Mr Flex who tells him a fantastical tale. This is really a modern, dark fairytale, right down to the friendly, conversational gone that the narrator uses. And there are some brilliantly zany details -- a woman who names her child after her old cat, a monkey addicted to coffee, a place named after salad.