Brilliant

This book lives up to its title. . . told with Doyle's characteristic humour. * Tracey McHardy, NetGalley User & Waterstones Bookseller * A lovely, hopeful story. Took me a while to decide on the target audience and then realised: everyone. * Caroline Fielding, Librarian and 2014 Chair of the CILIP YLG London * An uplifting book with lots of fine Doyle wit -- DAILY TELEGRAPH * DAILY TELEGRAPH * A profound story about the effect of despair on society is touched with magic and humour by best-selling Roddy Doyle. -- Julia Eccleshare * LOVEREADING4KIDS.CO.UK * Quite simply, the greatest children's book I have ever read. -- Dubray Books * Dubray Books * In a word? Brilliant! Of course. * NetGalley * A sensitive and excellently written portrayal of depression and the effects on not just the individual but those around them. Would be great paired with Levi Pinfold's Black Dog and used as a discussion point. * NetGalley * This novel is simply brilliant, without wanting to say that I had to say it. Roddy Doyle's trademark dialogue with some really great, entertaining characters for children works wonderfully. . . I expect nothing less from one of Ireland's finest and am so pleased his children's fiction is as wonderful as his adult's. * plasticrosaries.com * The children of Dublin battle a terrible malaise through the use of a special word, and a good dose of magic realism. * The Bookseller *