The Pied Piper of Hamelin

Russell Brand's Trickster Tales

By: Russell Brand

Narrated by: Russell Brand

With this first book in Russell Brand’s Trickster Tales series, the famed comedian, actor, and bestselling author delivers a hilarious retelling of an old fairytale favorite that will appeal to adults and children alike.

Once upon a time, long ago, in a time that seemed, to those present, exactly like now except their teeth weren’t so clean and more things were wooden, there was a town called Hamelin. The people of Hamelin were a pompous bunch who loved themselves and their town so much that if it were possible they would have spent all day zipped up in a space suit smelling their own farts. But space suits hadn’t been invented yet so they couldn’t.

Then one day without warning a gang of rats bowled into the town and began causing a right rumpus…

So begins Russell Brand’s wildly funny and surprisingly wise retelling of the classic tale The Pied Piper of Hamelin. Whether you’re a kid or a grown-up kid, you’ll be chuckling the whole way through this zany story that bypasses Brand’s more adult humor for the outrageous, the madcap, and the just plain silly.

Maybe you’ve heard about the Pied Piper before, with his strange music and those pompous townspeople and pesky rats. Or maybe you haven’t. But one thing is for sure: you’ve never heard it quite like this.

Fun for all ages

My kids and I both loved this book. How they also record Brand's version of The Emperor Has No Clothes.

Utterly delightful

Russell has a rapid fire delivery and a charming accent that some might find hard to jump into, but that is one of the things I love the most about this. He has a brilliant wit on full display. His use of character voices and asides had me grinning and laughing out loud. Bravo!
If Audible were to choose him to read the phone book (for those that remember what they were) I daresay I would gladly purchase that as well.

Wonderfully Subversive & Irreverent

It's everything that you would hope it would be. The narration is great. The tale is wonderfully subversive and irreverent.

Brilliant

So much fun to listen to! The words are like jabberwocky at times. Total ear candy!

Brilliant fun.

Brand has a great spin on a classic. And told with the Sincere energy you would expect. Family friendly enough that my four-year-old daughter loves it and laughs the entire time