Norton Juster obituary

Author who created a world of wordplay in the children’s classic The Phantom TollboothNorton Juster, who has died aged 91, wrote The Phantom Tollbooth, which became a classic for children of all ages. It tells the story of a boy named Milo, who is both bored and boring. One day he finds a package in his bedroom, from which he assembles the flat-packed eponymous tollbooth, and through which he proceeds in his toy electric car.He finds himself enmeshed in an ongoing conflict between Azaz the