The official site for WILLIAM HORWOOD, AUTHOR OF DUNCTON WOOD AND THE BOY WITH NO SHOES

It began long ago with Kenneth Grahame’s classic The Wind in the Willows, the day Mole abandoned his spring cleaning and went for a walk along the River Bank and met Ratty, and then Badger and finally the exasperating Toad. In this critically acclaimed sequel we find the loyal companions in the autumn of their lives reflecting on past triumphs and disasters and looking forward to a quiet future. Until the River Bank comes under direct threat and they are brought right back to the present and a situation they are going to have to do something about now. Trouble is, Mister Toad is being less than cooperative…

‘’Sheer escapism and full of character’ Daily Mail

HarperCollinsPublishers 1996 ISBN 0002253100
HarperCollinsPublishers 1997 ISBN 0006496393