Gil Buhet
Auteur van The Honey Siege
Werken van Gil Buhet
The Innocent Knights 2 exemplaren
Mamizelle Bon Voyage 1 exemplaar
Stani le Têtu: 1: Roman 1 exemplaar
Ritter Pierrot 1 exemplaar
THE GRAND CATCH 1 exemplaar
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- #357,757
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That’s a bit too ambitious, though, and they wind up camped out in the village’s ruined castle, barricaded in in fact, as they have raised the old drawbridge. The castle is a treasure trove of adventure, as it has been used for decades as a storage place for such things as the town’s firefighting equipment, flags for decorating the streets on festivals, an emergency corn supply and the local distiller’s surplus stock, hidden from the taxman. (This being the sort of book it is, the boys solemnly decide not to touch the alcohol.)
The grownups know where the boys are, but can’t decide how to get them out – the castle is, after all, a fortress, not easy to get into with the drawbridge up. The boys, for their part, begin to tire of the game, but don’t know how to get themselves out of it without losing face. Eventually, the authorities realize the best way to proceed is to play along with the boys’ view of the situation – “truce” terms are negotiated, and the boys march out of their own accord, honor intact.
The charm of this book is in the realistic, distinctive and affectionate portraits of the boys, their parents and the other villagers, and in the innocent, earnest way in which the boys discuss, plan and carry out their “rebellion”. It’s a short book, only 248 pages in my small, old-style Penguin edition, and would be a lovely way to while away a few hours at the beach, on a bus, in a hospital waiting room, wherever. It might be hard to find, though.… (meer)