Return of Death Eric [Paperback]

Sam Llewellyn (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 7, 2005

Eric Thrashmettle is a retired rock'n'roll legend - or dinosaur, depending on your perspective. His kids - Lulubelle Flower Fairy Thrashmettle (Lou) and Living Buddha Thrashmettle (Buddy) - are mortally embarrassed by his every move. But Eric is broke, his wife Wave is spending a fortune at a distant luxury yoga retreat, his manager Per has disappeared - and the kids want their credit cards back. Lou and Buddy must abandon all pride and self-respect and get their terminally embarrassing dad back on the road so he can sing his epic - and lucrative - hit Pig Train once again.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 4-8–Infamous metal band Death Eric hasn't played a gig since their lead singer, Eric Thrashmettle, convinced himself that he was cursed by a raven at the Chickenstock music festival. Oblivious to everything going on around him, he now lives a quiet life shut away in his estate with a team of servants and his two children, Lulubelle Flower Fairy, who goes by Lou, and Living Buddha, aka Buddy. Things take a bad turn when Eric's manager mysteriously disappears along with the Thrashmettle fortune. Left without working credit cards, Lou and Buddy take it upon themselves to try to get the band back together to lay some tracks, play some shows, and make some money. Ridiculous scenarios, silly names, and bad puns ensue as the two children work behind the scenes to get the band back on track. Fans of the reality show The Osbournes will be amused by the clueless, Ozzyesque way that Eric Thrashmettle interacts with his children and his surroundings. The story drags a bit in the middle, with each new obstacle facing the children more preposterous than the last. However, reluctant readers may be entertained by the absurd plot that, like many aging rockers, doesn't know when to quit.–Michelle Roberts, Merrick Library, NY
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About the Author

Sam Llewellyn worked as an editor and fine art dealer until he decided that life was too short. Since then, he has been a journalist, yachtsman and novelist and has written many successful thrillers for adults, plus two hilarious children's novels, LITTLE DARLINGS and BAD, BAD DARLINGS. He lives with his wife, children's author Karen Wallace, in Herefordshire.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Clearway Logistics Phase 7-9 (July 7, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0141318538
• ISBN-13: 978-0141318530
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 5.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,442,010 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Funny characters, December 15, 2008

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Return of Death Eric (Hardcover)

This is a good book for anyone interested in music. The main character has such humorous traits that my[...] and I are still laughing at them. I recommend it for middle school kids.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Courtesy of Teens Read Too, February 3, 2007

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This review is from: The Return of Death Eric (Paperback)

Death Eric are the biggest heavy metal band in the world. Or at least, they were. Following a freak accident at a show involving a raven, Eric Thrashmettle, front man of Death Eric, decides to take an indefinite hiatus from the world of heavy metal.

Jump start years later, when Eric's two children, Lou and Buddy, discover that their lavish and luxurious lives have been cut short due to a lack of funds. They decide to take it upon themselves to reunite the band for a reunion tour and bring back the metal.

But rounding up lost members seems to be a bit more difficult than Lou and Buddy expected. With the help of a book of fairy-tales and their nanny, Lou and Buddy manage to round up the remaining members of the band-- Fingers Trubshaw and Kenyatta McClatter, the eccentric bassist and drummer who would rather be mowing lawns and serving fish and chips.

The goal is to make it to the big show and have everyone in a twenty-mile radius head-banging until their necks are sore, but will Death Eric be able to pull it off? Will Lou and Buddy retrieve the lost funds? And will Eric Thrashmettle get over his perpetual phobia of scavenging black birds?

Despite what happens, be sure to expect a lot of fun characters and heavy metal references, and an overall fun-for-the-entire-family satire.

Cheers to S.L.

Reviewed by: Long Nguyen