What is "krindlekrax"

Krindlekrax is a thriller children's novel by author Philip Ridley.

It was first published in 1991 by Jonathan Cape and republished in 1992 by Red Fox and then again in 2001 by Puffin Books where it is still in print. The book won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize in 1991 in the 9 - 11 age category and was chosen by children as an all-time favourite. It also won a WH Smith Mind-Boggling Book Award in 1993 and became a Tellastory Audio Cassette in 1994 that was read by Rik Mayall.

In 2000, to celebrate the new millennium, Hachette Children's Group published Out of this world, a collection of extracts from "the best in 20th century children's literature". Krindlekrax was one of the books featured and appeared alongside classics such as Roald Dahl's Matilda and J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.