Which kid would not have read Enid Blyton’s Famous Five series and imagined similar adventures? They do seem to belong in the distant past but surprise, surprise, as recently as 2008, a survey by Costa Book Awards found Blyton voted ‘most loved author’ beating Roald Dahl, JK Rowling and Jane Austen. The original 21 Famous Five books featured George, Julian, Dick, Anne and their dog Timmy. The books wove through adult-free outdoor holidays where the five solved mysteries. Now a spoof series of four books called Enid Blyton for Grown-Ups, which reimagines the Famous Five will be published in November. Subjects will include everything right from going gluten-free to preparing for parenthood. The books include Five Give Up the Booze, Five Go On A Strategy Away Day, Five Go Gluten Free, and Five Go Parenting. The writer of this new series, Bruno Vincent will imagine what happened to the characters as adults. Says Anne McNeil, of Enid Blyton Entertainment: “Enid Blyton would have been delighted in the gentle parody of her characters.”