He studied painting at St Martin’s School of Art. Philip Ridley was born in the East End of London.
A vast, labyrinthine, hall-of-mirrors saga, its breathtaking imagery and stunning plot twists – covering over a hundred years – reveal Ridley to be one of the most distinctive and innovative voices in contemporary fiction. Now, for this new edition, Ridley has reimagined the story, expanding the original short novel into the world’s first LGBT magical realist epic. Philip Ridley’s second novel (following the sexually charged tour de force Crocodilia) was an instant cult classic when originally published in 1989. It will also unlock a multitude of stories - where magic children talk to crows, men disappear in piles of leaves, and James Dean lookalikes kiss in dark alleys - and reveal a secret history that will change Concord’s life forever. The key will unlock more than just Judge’s front door. So why did she, who hated him so venomously, have a key to his house? She said he boiled babies for dinner and made lampshades out of human skin. The Devil’s real name was Judge Martin, but Concord’s mother called him the Devil. The scribble- language is all pervasive, but children will enjoy it.On the day Concord Webster turned eighteen, the Devil died. Bailey's mum reappears at the end of the story. Very little is made of the boys disabilities, but they make good role models. While the characters are extreme, the emotions are real and very warm, and Bailey learns there are others with worse problems than his. In so doing, he gets himself and Ziggy into big trouble, and the original Scribbleboy must re-materialise to get them out of it. The original Scribbleboy has disappeared, and in his unhappy state, Bailey becomes the new Scribbleboy and produces even more fantastic scribbles. A more over-the-top bunch would be hard to find. Ziggy must use a wheelchair, and though he and Bailey are quite ordinary boys, their parents and friends are most definitely not.
Bailey, who stutters and has massive problems (mum has walked out and dad has gone peculiar as a consequence) forms the Scribbleboy Fan Club along with his new friend, Ziggy Fuzz. So fantastic are these 'scribbles' that Bailey Silk, new kid in town, faints when he sees one for the first time. Set in a depressing, concrete jungle of a city, the story tells of Scribbleboy, an artist who has painted 'scribbledacious' drawings all over the dull concrete surfaces.
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