{"id":4575,"date":"2022-10-10T14:53:43","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T14:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/?page_id=4575"},"modified":"2022-10-11T08:27:14","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T08:27:14","slug":"the-murdstone-trilogy-by-mal-peet","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/writing\/book-reviews\/the-murdstone-trilogy-by-mal-peet\/","title":{"rendered":"The Murdstone Trilogy, by Mal Peet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/murdstone-trilogy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4622\" src=\"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/murdstone-trilogy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"293\" \/><\/a>The Murdstone Trilogy,<\/em> by Mal Peet<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Not actually a trilogy.<\/p>\n<p>Murdstone is an embittered, failing author who is also very good \u2013 at writing award-winning, uplifting, highly aware novels about special needs boys. Unfortunately the market for award-winning, uplifting, highly aware novels about special needs boys has collapsed and Murdstone\u2019s agent suggests he tries his hand at high fantasy. Then, in his bathroom, he meets a strange goblin-like creature who wants the story of his kingdom told \u2026 I was afraid this one would descend into cheap shots at fantasy, but what makes it work is that the fleeting descriptions we get of the fantasy world and its history \u2013 like Granny\u2019s fairy tales \u2013 make it clear they would be an absolutely cracking read in their own right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Murdstone Trilogy, by Mal Peet Not actually a trilogy. Murdstone is an embittered, failing author who is also very good \u2013 at writing award-winning, uplifting, highly aware novels about special needs boys. Unfortunately the market for award-winning, uplifting, highly &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/writing\/book-reviews\/the-murdstone-trilogy-by-mal-peet\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":368,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4575","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4575"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4659,"href":"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4575\/revisions\/4659"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}