PHILIP ARDAGH
Answers some
FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
About
A HOUSE CALLED AWFUL END
Why does Mad Uncle Jack think Malcolm is called 'Sally'?
He's mad, remember? Who knows what goes on in that head of his!
What happened to the Cruel-Streaks after their orphanage was abandoned?
You'll have to wait and see. I hope to write more about them one day.
How did Mad Aunt Maud first meet Malcolm?
As revealed in Episode 11, she found him in a shop filled with second-hand stuffed
animals . . . and fell in love with him at first sight.
In the book you say that you'll never reveal what Mrs. Pumblesnook did with all the loose skin she kept in a special pocket sewn to the front of her
dresses . . . but what did she do with it?
I give the same response as I gave in Awful End: 'no matter how much you beg, you'll never get me to write that down!'
Then what about revealing the secret of how Gibbering Jane managed to wash and go to the bathroom during the period she lived under the stairs at Eddie's house?
Aha! That's a different matter. I am quite prepared to draw a diagram explaining
that . . . if I get given enough gold.
How old is Mad Aunt Maud in Awful End?
This can be sussed out quite easily using a little detective work. We know that Mad Uncle Jack gave her a watch (engraved 'Happy
2nd Birthday) for her twenty- first birthday fifty-five years previously, which makes her about 76. We also learn at the end of the book that she lived until she was
126 . . . another fifty years!!!
How old is Mad Uncle Jack?
Just a few years older than Mad Aunt Maud. (See previous question)
Was St. Hank the Florid (aka St. Horrid) a real saint?
No, I must confess that he is a figment of my imagination (which is another way of saying
I-made-him-up.) St. Kevin, who let a bird build a nest on his hand is real though
. . . and he sounds just as crazy!
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