– Customer review on 05/07/2011

Moers has here produced an inexhaustibly inventive epic tale. Only in one section he became a bit too indulgent in his own wild creativity at the expense of solid pacing. But for the rest of this 700 page work, I was delighted with his writing and illustrations. It contains some of the most uproariously funny moments i've ever read in any book. But just under the surface of this playful tale, I found some almost Coelho-esque commentary on various aspects of life... stuff like: dealing with fear, change, models for viewing life, aging, futility of possession acquisition, nature of civilisation, fame, blind faith, captive mentality and more. For me this give the story a more meaningful dimension, but it can be easily enjoyed without any consideration to this more thoughtful perspective. I also give a lot of credit to John Brownjohn who expertly translated this book into English from the original German.