Adults think that Peter Fortune is a difficult child because he
sits by himself and stares into space. But, except for resultant
absentmindedness, like forgetting his little sister on a bus,
Peter's daydreams are usually harmless flights of fancy. The
Daydreamer includes seven of these flights and four of them - "The
Dolls," "The Cat," "The Baby," and "The Grown-Up" - are
metamorphosis experiences. "The Cat" is a beautiful story that
tells of Peter's spirit climbing into the body of his old house
cat, William. While in William's body, Peter experiences life as a
cat and fights William's last territorial battle for him. Some of
Peter's other experiences are less benign. For example, many
children flirt with the idea of making their families disappear,
but the way Peter goes about it in "Vanishing Cream" is rather
gruesome. And when Peter verbally defeats the school bully in "The
Bully," Peter himself acknowledges that his words are unduly harsh.
Although McEwan presents Peter as a sweet introvert, Peter proves
himself to be far from that. Novelist McEwan's first book for
children contains some magical moments but is marred by being often
repetitive and occasionally mean-spirited. (Kirkus Reviews)
In these seven interlinked stories the grown-up Peter reveals the secret journeys, metamorphoses and adventures of his childhood. Living somewhere between dream and reality Peter experiences magical transformations when he swaps bodies with William, the family cat, the baby Kenneth and, in the final story, wakes up as a twelve-year- old inside a grown-up body and experiences the adventure of falling in love.
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