Warning that the stories here "do not necessarily occur at the same
time" and that they may prove to be "only one story," the endlessly
inventive Macaulay challenges readers to unravel an intricate
puzzle in the form of four stories - simultaneously presented in
the four quadrants of each double spread. Even the type styles, as
well as the illustrative styles, are different; but alert readers
will note common elements - a masked burglar, escaping cows,
newspapers, trains - that serve different functions in different
stories but that also serve to link them. They are linked, of
course, and Macaulay slips in plenty of visual jokes and asides
along the way; but even the most persistent puzzlers may conclude
that he's been too clever by half. The journey here holds some
interest, but the story concealed within the stories is hardly
worth the effort. (Kirkus Reviews)
Four stories are told simultaneously, with each double-page spread divided into quadrants. The stories do not necessarily take place at the same moment in time, but are they really one story?
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