Goodreads asked P.J. MacNamara:

If you could travel to any fictional book world, where would you go and what would you do there?

P.J. MacNamara When I was about 12, in our English class at school we read a book called "The Phantom Tollbooth" which took place in a magical land I don't remember the name of now that was ruled by King AzAz The Unabridged. Like a lot of the books I read as a boy, I bought a copy of it a few years ago that I don't dare to read. I just feel happier knowing it's around somewhere.

It's hard to appreciate "The Phantom Tollbooth" at age 12 without having most of its incredible cleverness explained by your English teacher, but that land beyond it seems to me like the ideal holiday spot for a writer because it's so full of juicy puns, in-jokes, plays on words, and good ideas One can't help but be inspired by. I'm probably too old and world-weary to appreciate it now, but I remember it fondly as a new take on "Alice In Wonderland". As far as I remember you can get to that magical land in a pedal car, and you don't even have to ask your parents' permission.

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