A unique collection which includes 8 stories about the dark side of
adolescence. They beautifully illustrated by Quentin Blake.
The local landowner Van Cheele experiences an unnerving encounter with a
youth sunning himself near a pond, and starts to wonder if there is any
connection between this wild-looking boy and the recent disappearances
of poultry, hares, lambs and, more alarmingly, an infant child in the
area. To his astonishment, he discovers the next day that his aunt has
decided to take the boy in, buying him a suit of clothes and naming him
Gabriel-Ernest. Van Cheele remains suspicious, especially when it is
revealed that there is something supernatural about their new ward...
An eerie and disquieting tale about the dark side of adolescence,
'Gabriel-Ernest', written with Saki's trademark wit and mischievousness,
is here presented with seven other uncanny and macabre tales, featuring
Quentin Blake's inimitable illustrations.