Children who want to be knights in armour, capricious gods, bears with never-ending problems, scholars who reason backwards, a lost Robinson on an island who writes a crazy letter, a monster, the Bagrub, who might or might not exist. The six stories of El Bagrub y otros cuentos de humor (I)lógico take place in a world where common sense does not exist. The stories have a subtle humour, playing with irony, paradox, enigma and intertextuality. With mathematical reasoning and questioning of logic, each of these stories creates a counter-story that leads to unexpected endings: castaways live in large cities. This is a complex book that rewards the active reader. (Quelle: IBBY Honour List 2016)