The Twits 蠢特夫妇 9780142410394

Grade 2-4-Actor Simon Callow tackles one of Roald Dahl's mostgruesome stories (Puffin, pap. 1998) with relish in this gleefullynaughty audiobook. Mr. and Mrs. Twit are two of the mostdisgusting, nasty, and horrid characters in children's literature,from their repulsive looks (the story opens with a long, detailedde*ion of Mr. Twit's unkempt beard) to the mean and horribletricks they play on one another (Mrs. Twit enjoys hiding her glasseyeball in unexpected places and lacing the spaghetti with worms;Mr. Twit works for weeks to convince his wife that she has "TheShrinks"). Callow captures the dry humor of Dahl's narrative voiceperfectly, and creates appropriately nasty voices for Mr. and Mrs.Twit as well. Unfortunately, the thick accents and loud tones ofthese voices often mean that the dialogue is difficult tounderstand. Still, Callow's able narration brings Dahl's ironicsensibilities to life, and a sense of satisfaction is inevitablewhen the terrible Twits come to an appropriately gruesomeend.
Kathleen Kelly MacMillan, Maryland School for the Deaf,Columbus
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