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'My name is Benjamin Tooth. This is my journal. One day I will be remembered as the greatest scientist that the world has ever known and so it is my duty to mankind to record my thoughts that future generations are able to study the progress of a genius. I am eleven years old.' These are the recently discovered journals of Benjamin Tooth: alchemist, inventor and discoverer of the Windvale sprites. They chronicle his journey of scientific discovery from pompous boy to mad old man in his pursuit of the sprites on Windvale Moor. The sprites hold the key to eternal life, and Tooth is determined to capture it.
About the author
Mackenzie Crook is a hugely diverse actor who has played a wide variety of roles, from Ragetti in all three of the record-smashing, swashbuckling
Pirates of the Caribbean films, to the wonderful character of Gareth in
The Office and the critically acclaimed Konstantin in the Royal Court's version of
The Seagull. He has also appeared in a whole host of other works, including films such as
Finding Neverland, Brothers Grimm and
The Merchant of Venice, as well as in the BBC Radio version of
Adrian Mole, and the stage version of
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in London's West End. His debut children's novel
The Windvale Sprites is published by Faber in 2011.
Summary
My name is Benjamin Tooth. This is my journal. One day I will be remembered as the greatest scientist that the world has ever known and so it is my duty to mankind to record my thoughts that future generations are able to study the progress of a genius. I am eleven years old.
Report
An extremely funny prequel to [the] Windvale Sprites series and revels in its self-important author's plummy, 18th-century language The Daily Telegraph
