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It is a time of rejoicing at Homeward, the Labyrinthine castle-city that is as magical as Oz and as full of wonders as Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. Uncle, the wise, kind, generous, and fabulously rich elephant who rules over Homeward, has joined with his many friends to celebrate their triumph over the ruffians in neighbouring Badfort.Still, there's plenty of cleaning up to do in Homeward: the waterworks are tainted with vinegar, housing is scarce, and the Dwarftown Railway is terribly overcrowded - meanwhile the Badfort crowd has devised its most diabolical plan yet. Uncle will need all the help he can get from his faithful assistant Old Monkey and from Goodman the literate cat-and possibly a wizard's spell - to get through this mess.

It is a time of rejoicing at Homeward, the Labyrinthine castle-city that is as magical as Oz and as full of wonders as Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory. Uncle, the wise, kind, generous, and fabulously rich elephant who rules over Homeward, has joined with his many friends to celebrate their triumph over the ruffians in neighboring Badfort.Still, there’s plenty of cleaning up to do in Homeward: the waterworks are tainted with vinegar, housing is scarce, and the Dwarftown Railway is terribly overcrowded— meanwhile the Badfort crowd has devised its most diabolical plan yet. Uncle will need all the help he can get from his faithful assistant Old Monkey and from Goodman the literate cat—and possibly a wizard’s spell—to get through this mess. Uncle Cleans Up displays the same subversive humor and ingenious plotting as its predecessor, Uncle, and serves as a no less delightful introduction to J.P. Martin’s fantastic world; Quentin Blake’s quirky drawings accompany a tale that has been charming children and adults alike for nearly fifty years.

Here are more riotous stories about Uncle, an autocratic but kindly elephant who lives in an enourmous castle called Homeward like "a hundred skyscrapers all joined together and surrounded by a moat." Once again, Uncle and his loyal followers, the Little Monkey, Butterskin Mute, the cat Goodman and many more battle friercely with the Badfort crowd, a scruffy unpleasant bunch who live in the dingy fortress of Badfort right across the moat. In an exciting climax, Uncle is captured at a banana sale, and the Little Monkey spends his life savings for a spell to help him escape. The Badfort gang are routed, but, as Uncle knows too well, they'll probably be back for more. As delightful in every way as Uncle, which the Chicago Tribune called "magnificent nonsense," this is a book for all lovers of the absurd.