![]() Billy befriends the animals, and they team up to clean the 677 windows of the house of the Duke of Hampshire’s, a quirky old man. They have just emigrated to England and are struggling to adjust with each of their unique diets. ![]() ![]() One day he notices that the building has been cleaned up, and upon investigating he meets the members of the new Ladderless Window-Cleaning Company: a giraffe with an extendable neck, a pelican, and a monkey that constantly dances and speaks in rhymes. This underrated story is one of the foremost examples of Dahl’s capacity to spin an engaging novel out of a series of fantastical premises: Billy is the protagonist, and he has always dreamed of one day owning a sweet shop, specifically with eyes on an abandoned building nearby called ‘The Grubber’ (old English for ‘sweet shop’).
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