De Larrabeiti, Michael
De Larrabeiti, Michael (1937– )British writer, known for his fantasy series which includes The Borribles (1976), The Borribles Go for Broke (1981), The Borribles: Across the Dark Metropolis (1986). He writes from the perspective of the urban lower class and seeks to subvert Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and Richard Adams's Watership Down by exposing idyllic illusions. De Larrabeiti's Borribles are outcasts or runaways who value their independence more than anything else. They avoid adults, live on the run, and form their own tribes or communities, mainly in and around London. Their ears grow long and pointed, and if they are caught by the law their ears are clipped, and their will is broken. All the fairy‐tale novels in the Borrible series concern racial, sexual, and political struggles that deal with contemporary social problems, the...
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