The True Deceiver

Moomin troll, Moomin puppetsie and Moomin Valley in November were published in Finnish as adult books. It's only in this country that they were published as children's books because she wanted to approach adult themes using characters invented for children. But don't you think that was to do with the illustrations, which kind of put them firmly in there, which is an interesting thing? I guess it's a bit like Royal Darl, I mean, you could publish Matilda almost as an adult book. If you didn't have Quentin Blake's joint.

Transcript

Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!

Get the app