It's a literate horror comedy! It's about a book (with pages...of paper-cut terror), delivered through time by two men (with moustaches!), that strikes cold, stupefying fear into the hearts of sleeping innocents! It's about The Struwwelpeter!

As small girls, Dave Bushell's little sister and mother both lived in mortal fear that one day a clothes tailor would break into their room and cut off their thumbs as punishment for sucking them at night.

Was this a genetic disorder passed down through the females in his family, like colour-blindness in men?

In The Struvvel Bushell, Dave presents the COMPLETELY MADE-UP story behind this book. What's it like to have it read to you at age 4? What would compel someone to write it? And what in God's name was he hoping to achieve? And who would win in a bar fight between Hoffman and Beatrix Potter?

"Supremely talented." Beat Magazine
"A charismatic performer." The Age

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