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Title: Five on Brexit Island
Author: Bruno Vincent
Narrator: Bruno Vincent
Format: Unabridged
Length: 1 hr and 39 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-18-17
Publisher: Quercus
Genres: Fiction, Humor
Publisher's Summary:
Enid Blyton's books are beloved the world over and The Famous Five have been the perennial favourite of her fans.
Now, in this new series of Enid Blyton for Grown-Ups, can George, Dick, Anne, Julian and Timmy survive the ultimate test of their friendship: Brexit?
It is the night of the referendum and the Five have retired to Kirrin Island to enjoy the fresh air and sunshine, fed up with the rancour of public debate. George is firmly a 'remainer', whilst Julian, who is in the 'Brexit' camp, is tolerated on the grounds that Anne cannot bear to go camping without him. (Timmy, largely apolitical but not keen on cats or rabbits, joins them too.)
The night is tempestuous in more ways than one. George has managed to rig up a satellite link with the mainland so they can keep abreast of the news, and they sit huddled around the fire, amidst some tension, as George's initial hope that the 'remainers' will triumph proves premature...
Meanwhile, a violent storm whips up. The damage is apparent as the new day dawns and George declares a new meaning for Brexit: Kirrin Island is exiting Britain...that is, until the red tape becomes too much of a challenge and their happy life together is under threat.
Perfect for anyone sick of hearing that 'Brexit means Brexit', or for that relative you're still not talking to because of how they voted....
Members Reviews:
Quite funny to start with
Quite funny to start with, but gradually becomes beyond farcical. A bit of editing and tighter writing would have been better.
they are back
Pleasant read with lots of throwback comments from original series. Very clever author
Simply not funny
A promising scenario which failed to raise any laughs at all.
Hilarious, I hate to admit
Donât read this if you havenât yet come to terms with Brexit; the angle is, let us say, not fanatically pro-European.
My background dictates I should have truly hated this book: My mom and dad are both (hello, matey peeps!) Greek. They had me in Chicago, they raised me in Athens, where I gradually became aware of the fact that I hail from an ethnic minority, and they sent me to college in Boston. From there I moved to Frankfurt for a year, before settling in London for the past 25 years, where Iâm raising a family with a Japanese / American woman.
To my chagrin, our children are proudly and fanatically British, to the extent that my daughter wrote an invitation for Prince George to her 5th birthday, which we had to pretend we mailed. More poignantly, a year and a bit ago, Greece was playing Japan in the world cup. So I asked my son whom heâd be supporting. The only observation he could make was that it did not sound like England was playingâ
And now, of course, it sounds like weâve overstayed our welcome and we need to leave.
I should add here that as a young boy I read all Secret Seven and all Famous Five books (to which this addition is 100% true; Enid Blyton could easily have penned it) multiple times and also followed the adventures of Dick, Ann, Julian, George and Timmy the dog on Greek television.
In short, Iâm precisely the type of guy who should have hated this book with a passion.
Call it Stockholm syndrome, call it what you like, I bloody loved it. I read it in one go.
You probably need to have lived here to find it funny.