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Illustrated by
Quentin Blake.
Quentin Blake's angular, active artwork illustrates this edition, which includes an interview with Dahl. The satisfying, if unsubtle, story is a classic triumph of the underdog, er, underground animals, led by Mr. Fox to dig a deep burrow so well-supplied by the stores of their enemies, Farmers Bean, Boggis, and Bunce, that they'll never have to go aboveground again.