The Lonely Hearts Club
Oxford University Press, 146 pp, $14.95
The Lonely Hearts Club by Robin Klein and Max Dann
Q: What is the most outdated, boring genre in children’s literature?
A: The boys’ boarding school story, a fossil left over from the last century.
Q: Would it be possible to revive it?
A: Out of the question. And anyway, who would want to?
Miracles can still happen. Robin Klein and Max Dann, two of the most popular and successful contemporary children’s authors, have combined forces to write a comedy with a boarding school setting which might, just possibly, start a whole new trend in Australian children’s literature.
Continue reading for only $10 per month. Subscribe and gain full access to Australian Book Review. Already a subscriber? Sign in. If you need assistance, feel free to contact us.
The Lonely Hearts Club
by Robin Klein and Max Dann
Oxford University Press, 146 pp, $14.95
Leave a comment
If you are an ABR subscriber, you will need to sign in to post a comment.
If you have forgotten your sign in details, or if you receive an error message when trying to submit your comment, please email your comment (and the name of the article to which it relates) to ABR Comments. We will review your comment and, subject to approval, we will post it under your name.
Please note that all comments must be approved by ABR and comply with our Terms & Conditions.