Book description
Two hilarious stories from the bestselling and well-loved author Diana
Wynne Jones, about the worst visitors in the world coming to stay.
In VILE VISITORS, we meet Angus Flint and Chair Person - the worst
guests in the world. In Who Got Rid of Angus Flint? We meet a man so
mean, he even insults the furniture! Despite the children's best pranks,
he just won't leave. But when the furniture has had enough, it's time to
rise up and get rid of this most vile of visitors…
In Chair Person, that old armchair with the broken crystal ball spilled
on it has been locked in the shed. But then the children find a
mysterious visitor… Transformed into the most annoying visitor ever,
they are desperate to get rid of him. But can they turn him back into a
chair before he ruins them forever? PRAISE FOR DIANA WYNNE JONES:
“Diana Wynne Jones ought to be crowned with coloured garlands because
she is the best writer of magical fantasy for children in this country”
- Evening Standard
“Diana Wynne Jones could teach Stephen King and JK Rowling a thing or
two … [she] has a skill for inserting just the right amount of detail in
her written words, leaving you satiated but not stuffed.” - SFX
“Diana Wynne Jones is, quite simply, the best writer of magic there is,
for readers of any age.” - Neil Gaiman
“…Her hallmarks include laugh-aloud humour, plenty of magic and
imaginative array of alternate worlds. Yet, at the same time, a great
seriousness is present in all of her novels, a sense of urgency that
links Jones's most outrageous plots to her readers' hopes and fears…” -
Publishers Weekly
PRAISE FOR EARWIG & THE WITCH:
“…a delightful sampler of her originality and imagination, with small
unexpected touches.” Sunday Times Culture, Children's Book of the Week
“There's a nice helping of magic and some brisk upbeat sentiment in
this crisply written story…deliciously entertaining.” Julia Eccleshare -
The Guardian
PRAISE FOR ENCHANTED GLASS:
'Blissful' - Guardian
'Wynne Jones is superb, mixing the comical with the magical'
- The Times Diana Wynne Jones (1934-2011) spent her childhood in Essex
and began writing fantasy novels for children in the 1970s. With her
unique combination of magic, humour and imagination, she enthralled
generations of children and adults with her work. She won the Guardian
Award in 1977 with Charmed Life, was runner-up for the Children's Book
Award in 1981 and was twice runner-up for the Carnegie Medal.
