Description
This is a brilliant and creative rendition of The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse by Charlie Mackesy translated into Scots by Matthew Fitt. Discover the very special book that has captured the hearts of millions of readers all over the world. 'A wonderful work of art and a wonderful window into the human heart' Richard Curtis A book of hope for uncertain times. Enter the world of Charlie's four unlikely friends, discover their story and their most important life lessons. The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse have been shared millions of times online - perhaps you've seen them? They've also been recreated by children in schools and hung on hospital walls. They sometimes even appear on lamp posts and on cafe and bookshop windows. Perhaps you saw the boy and mole on the Comic Relief T-shirt, Love Wins? Here, you will find them together in this book of Charlie's most-loved drawings, adventuring into the Wild and exploring the thoughts and feelings that unite us all.
About the Author
Artist Charlie Mackesy has been a cartoonist for The Spectator and a book illustrator for Oxford University Press. He has collaborated with Richard Curtis for Comic Relief, and Nelson Mandela on a lithograph project, The Unity Series . His first exhibition for the boy, the mole, the fox and the horse was in London in November 2018. Charlie lives in South London with his dog. Matthew Fitt was born in Dundee in 1968. He graduated from Edinburgh University in 1990 and, between 1995 and 1997, held the Brownsbank Fellowship, residing alongside ghosts and wallydugs at the former home of Hugh MacDiarmid. Author of the scandalous Kate o Shanter's Tale, his poetry and short stories have been published widely. But n Ben A-Go-Go,his first novel, was selected as one of the Best Scottish Novels of All Time. He now divides his time between Scotland and the Czech Republic.
Reviews
'The warld I hae tae bide in is this ane, but the warld I grein tae stey in is the ane charlie mackesy has wrocht.' - Elizabeth Gilbert 'Love, freendship and kindness - this buik spikks a universal leid.' - Bear Grylls 'A wunnerfu wark o ert and a wunnerfu windae intae the human hert.' - Richard Curtis 'Simply, the warld needs charlie's wark richt noo.' - Miranda Hart
Book Information
ISBN 9781910022177
Author Charlie Mackesy
Format Hardback
Page Count 128
Imprint Luath Press Ltd
Publisher Luath Press Ltd
About the Author
Artist Charlie Mackesy has been a cartoonist for The Spectator and a book illustrator for Oxford University Press. He has collaborated with Richard Curtis for Comic Relief, and Nelson Mandela on a lithograph project, The Unity Series . His first exhibition for the boy, the mole, the fox and the horse was in London in November 2018. Charlie lives in South London with his dog. Matthew Fitt was born in Dundee in 1968. He graduated from Edinburgh University in 1990 and, between 1995 and 1997, held the Brownsbank Fellowship, residing alongside ghosts and wallydugs at the former home of Hugh MacDiarmid. Author of the scandalous Kate o Shanter's Tale, his poetry and short stories have been published widely. But n Ben A-Go-Go,his first novel, was selected as one of the Best Scottish Novels of All Time. He now divides his time between Scotland and the Czech Republic.
Reviews
'The warld I hae tae bide in is this ane, but the warld I grein tae stey in is the ane charlie mackesy has wrocht.' - Elizabeth Gilbert 'Love, freendship and kindness - this buik spikks a universal leid.' - Bear Grylls 'A wunnerfu wark o ert and a wunnerfu windae intae the human hert.' - Richard Curtis 'Simply, the warld needs charlie's wark richt noo.' - Miranda Hart
Book Information
ISBN 9781910022177
Author Charlie Mackesy
Format Hardback
Page Count 128
Imprint Luath Press Ltd
Publisher Luath Press Ltd
