Fattypuffs and Thinifers

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The Thinifers are hectic, eat to live types, who manufacture thin things like wire and spaghetti, while their rivals the Fattypuffs are expansive and have an economy based around the production of rounded and full figured objects like sausages and tyres. It was a wonderfully droll account of war between two nations over the silliest and most nonsensical of philosophies and I was terribly impressed by the moral admonishment it contained about the eternal senselessness of human warfare. Maurois' lavish descriptions and satirical humour had us enthralled and helped stimulate my passion for reading.

I remembered the characters only as 'The Fattifers and the Thinnifers', although that was not an accurate title for the book. Göbekistan ve Kemikistan isimli ülkeler arasındaki çatışmalar ve bu gerilimin ortasında kalan biri sıska biri şişko iki kardeş ana temayı oluşturuyor. When brothers Edward and Terry find a staircase leading down between two rocks little do they know the adventure they are about to embark on. The book was written originally back in the early 1930s by Frenchman Andre Maurois for his sons and its title was 'Fattypuffs and Thinifers' (or 'Patapoufs et Filifers' in French).

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Can I describe this as a geopolitical children’s book with an eventual message of peace and reconciliation? I realise, incidentally, that the whole notion of the book would probably be greeted with horror by the health and safety (and discrimination) brigade – almost as much as some of the other favourite books of my childhood which I do not even dare to name! I liked the realistic touches – the lack of glorification of war, and the existence of dissenting parties on each side.

I remember distinctly this being one of the first books I'd set myself to read back when I was a little kid.To The Times Literary Supplement on 27 December 1941, 'This most amusing fantasy' won pride of place in a review of many juveniles, but purely as comedy. I hope you find you have copy lying around somewhere so read it and enjoy it – but I hope it is a copy with the Bruller illustrations! Surprised and delighted to find this book still available - a teacher read it to us way back in 1950ish and I see now that it has political overtones which escaped me when I was a child.

He worked in his father's textile factory as a young man and when World War One broke out he was employed as an interpreter, then as a liaison officer to the British Army. Some of the references and phrasing may be a touch outdated but many children will still be enthralled. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. The idea is that two squabbling brothers, one fat and one thin, discover an underground world divided into two states, that of the plump Fattypuffs and that of the scrawny Thinifers.

Overall, a nice, funny little book about skinny people and fat people destroying each other's countries. There's always a recipe for choux buns in the back if the thought of Brexit makes you weep after reading this. Came across this and had that shock of recognition - a childhood read and the illustrations brought everything back. King Plumpapuff of the Fattypuffs is made constitutional sovereign, while the Thinifer president is made his chancellor.