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 First edition (UK) | |
| Author | Philip Ardagh |
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| Illustrator | David Roberts |
| Language | English (United Kingdom) |
| Series | Eddie Dickens |
| Genre | comedy |
| Publisher | Faber and Faber |
Publication date | 2000 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Book |
| Pages | 119 |
| ISBN | 0-571-20354-X |
| OCLC | 44562795 |
| LC Class | PZ7.A6776 Aw 2000 |
| Followed by | Dreadful Acts |
Awful End (published in the US as A House Called Awful End) a 2000 children's novel by Philip Ardagh and the first book of the Eddie Dickens trilogy, which was followed by Dreadful Acts.
It was shortlisted for the 2002 Stockton Children's Book of the Year Award.[1] The German translation by Harry Rowohlt won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 2003.[2]
The book is essentially a comical adventure about Eddie Dickens who has to go live with his Great Uncle and Great Aunt at Awful End as his parents have the yellow fever. Philip Ardagh uses clever puns and uses ambiguity of sentences to create a situation comedy. For example: 'Eddie took a seat next to Aunt. "Put that seat right back into its place!", screamed Aunt. So Eddie put the seat back in its place and sat down.'
- ^ "Authors compete for children's votes". The Northern Echo. 2002-03-12. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
- ^ www.akj.de, AKJ-. "Schlimmes Ende". Arbeitskreis für Jugendliteratur e.V. (in German). Retrieved 2020-05-06.