![]() ""If my life depended on it! Oh, god-I kill me!"") Two subplots emphasize the importance of honesty on the one hand (Charlie's beloved Uncle Bennie comes out of the closet) and tact on the other (Charlie's friend Gilbert, bald from chemotherapy, is deeply hurt by truthful comments about his appearance). ![]() The skull helps Charlie sort out his personal life and save some swamp creatures from extinction, telling bad jokes all the while (e.g., ""I couldn't tell a lie if my life depended on it,"" the skull explains. He comes away carrying a wisecracking human skull that forces him, and those around him, to tell the truth. In this moralistic fantasy, the third in the Magic Shop series that began with Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher, Charlie-passionate environmentalist and compulsive liar-stumbles on Mr. ![]()
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