A hilarious tale of a holiday on a remote British island – where the highlight of the week is the annual Fair with its Eating Things on Sticks competition. Harry is in trouble. He's burned down the family kitchen (by mistake) so now has to spend a week of his summer hols with his uncle Tristram – who's heading off to...
"My dad used to say to me, 'Try to keep a cool head and a warm heart.' At least I think it was my dad. I don't really remember him." Gravy worked in the graveyard - hence the name. He was having a normal day until his friend Benjy turned up in a car Gravy didn't recognise. Benjy had a bullet hole in his chest, but lived just long enough to ask Gravy to hide him and look after his gun. Gravy had looked after things for Benjy before, but never a gun. When Gravy looked in the car...