Like a chronic skin condition, the world’s most irritating wizard is back! Barry Trotter, now 38(going on 11), has returned to the Hogwash School for Wizardry and Witchcrap. He and his wife, Ermine Cringer, are there to deposit their Muddle loving son Nigel, 11 (going on 38), and about as magical as a plastic fork.
Just as Barry and Ermine are set to leave, Headmister Dorco Malfeasance dies. Who did it? Who cares - nobody much liked Dorco anyway. Barry and Ermine are installed as interim heads of the School, and kick off a carnival of arrested development. But then, in the sort of plot twist that could only happen in a cheap novel designed to knock off a massive pop culture phenomenon, Barry develops youthenasia. He begins a steady march backwards in age and reliving the horrors of adolescence (including the Acne of Fire) may not be the end of it………
Suddenly, solving the mystery becomes a matter of Life and Death. Do they suspect Snipe, as usual, only to find out Lord Valumart’s behind it? Everyone’s a suspect - which means all your favourite characters are back for another round of abuse. Barry, Ermine and the dog-brained manchild Lon Measly must find the murderer…or fill at least 116 pages trying!