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Wednesday 16 October 2019

"The Doughnut of Doom" by Elys Dolan (Nosy Crow)

Posted by ReadItDaddy at October 16, 2019 Labels: , ,
Doughnut go gently into that long night. OK I'm misquoting here, but in "The Doughnut of Doom" by Elys Dolan it's time for a particularly sweet hero to step into the breach, showing that anyone can be brave if they put their mind to it.

It's another ordinary day in Food Town and Alison McNutty (hah, I like that name - now where have I heard that before?) peanut butter sandwich and rookie reporter, desperately needs a big break. 

So, when news comes in of a monster doughnut on the rampage, she's straight on the case - she knew there was something dodgy about the superfoods down at Lemon Labs! 

And boy, is that doughnut hungry! 

It's EATING everything in sight and not even the police, the fire chiefs OR the military can bring it down. 

Whatever will President Bacon do? Luckily, Alison has a cunning plan. All they need is a plucky hero who will sacrifice themselves for the good of all food kind!

Elys has a gift for completely whacky characters and bookworlds, and this is no exception. Whether you've got a sweet tooth or not, you'll get a lot of laughs out of "The Doughnut of Doom" - Just don't get crushed under all that fondant. 

Sum this book up in a sentence: Surreal but brilliant food-based knockabout comedy from someone who knows how to weave a sweet tale or two. 

"The Doughnut of Doom" by Elys Dolan is out now, published by Nosy Crow (kindly supplied for review).