What they said about Crab Wars

"Sid Kipper proves the pen can be just as mighty as the boards when it comes to spreading a cheerful gospel.

His sideways look at a distinctly uncivil war between Cromer and Sheringham is a. wonderfully sustained example of comic writing, a worthy follow-up to Prewd and Prejudice, the mock diary of a London lady who headed for the depths of darkest Norfolk in 1904.

Crab Wars, incorporating the comic-tragedy of Cromeo and Sheriet - where on earth did that idea come from? - is awash with memorable  characters .like Doctor Flawd, a man who never let the symptoms get in the way of a good diagnosis, Blake Vincent, thrust into the job of town crier just as his voice was breaking, and the Market Forces, a gang of young men who demanded muchand supplied little.

Laughter will not be confined to the North Norfolk coast, although it is here that imaginations will be stretched most as lingering rivalries continue to be eroded by tides of.good humour."

(Eastern Daily Press)