Things you need to know about The Penguin of Death: He is strangely attractive because of his enigmatic smile He can kill you in any 1 of 412 different ways This eccentric addition to the Monkton collection is unusually sinister unlike any of the other titles in the series. / Over 100,000 copies (Source: Bookscan TCM) of Edward Monkton's books have been sold. / Over two million Monkton greetings cards, on which these books are based, are expected to be sold in 2006. / Another Monkton book, 'Love', was a Sunday Times bestseller. / 'The Penguin of Death' is one of Edward Monkton's bestselling and most iconic drawings. / Since its release, 30,000 cards have been sold -- excluding birthday cards, it is his bestselling drawing. / 10,000 plush toys of it, plus a number of cufflinks and fridge magnets in the image of The Penguin have been sold and continue to sell through. / It has something of a cult following. One unofficial website (http://thebigpenguinproject.tripod.com) is entirely devoted to discovering the 412 different ways in which he can kill you.
Edward Monkton is a relative of Purple Ronnie, the other well-known creation of Giles Andreae. The three of them live together, philosophising and generally at peace with themselves and the world.
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