![]() He is apparently top of his form at his boarding school and his ambition when he grows up is to become a detective. Fatty is a skilled orator and poet, and able to create poetry ad-lib. Although boastful by nature, he learns to be more modest as his bragging causes the other children to become irritated. Fatty also uses his pocket money to finance his interest in disguises and stores a large collection of clothes, wigs, greasepaint, cheek-pads, false teeth and other items in his shed at the bottom of the garden. Being an only child, he receives generous amounts of pocket money from his parents and wealthy relatives, but Fatty is always willing to share his money with the group, often buying rounds of cakes, drinks and ice-creams. He is given the nickname Fatty by the other children because of his initials, Frederick Algernon Trotteville, F.A.T. Frederick Algernon " Fatty" Trotteville – the leader of the Five Find-Outers from the third book on, when he justifies his leadership by demonstrating how to use invisible ink and how to escape from a locked room.Set in the fictitious village of Peterswood based on Bourne End, close to Marlow, Buckinghamshire, the children Fatty (Frederick Trotteville), who is the leader of the team, Larry (Laurence Daykin), Pip (Philip Hilton), Daisy (Margaret Daykin), Bets (Elizabeth Hilton) and Buster, Fatty's dog, encounter a mystery almost every school holiday, always solving the puzzle before Mr Goon, the unpleasant village policeman, much to his annoyance.Ĭharacters The Five Find-Outers and Dog The first was published in 1943 and the last in 1961. The Five Find-Outers and Dog, also known as The Five Find-Outers, is a series of children's mystery books written by Enid Blyton. Children's literature, mystery, adventure
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