Mr. Humperdinck's Wonderful Whatsit
Pete lives with his drunken father in a run down apartment building. When his father is framed for the murder of the bicycle shop owner, he enters a dangerous underworld of urbanised fairies, talking garbage heaps who fly around in revved-up dustbins, boy eating rats and homicidal sorcerers.
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About me:
When I'm not writing children`s books, I'm a professional nose picker. For those who are just a bit grossed out by the idea of professional nose picking, chill out: I`m an Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon. And yes, ENT surgery is cool.
The idea for my first book started many aeons ago when one of my high school buddies got hold of a Super-8 film camera (home video cameras weren`t invented then, duh!). Our first film project involved a paper mache volcano and certain volatile chemicals that produced a spectacular explosion. Encouraged by our initial success we decided to move on to a project that would do Spielberg proud and many of the characters of Mr. Humperdinck`s world were born. Unfortunately we had already reached the pinnacle of our filmographic abilities and the project never took off. But the characters survived to populate the book almost two decades later.
People seem to like 'Mr. Humperdinck`s Wonderful Whatsit'. It was awarded the M.E.R. Prize for Children`s Literature in June 2005. It is one of the prestigeous literary awards sponsored by the South African media giant Via Afrika.
I have a beautiful wife (red hair - ouch!), Gerda, two boys, Driaan and Pieter, and two girls, Katja and Anja.
