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The Brightonomicon (Gollancz S.F.)

The Brightonomicon (Gollancz S.F.)

by RobertRankin (Author)

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    Hardcover 2005

    $5.42
Synopsis

Robert Rankin's THE BRENTFORD TRILOGY - seven books and counting - catapulted him into the dizzy heights of "cult success", but over the years that cult following has grown and Robert Rankin is now the second best-selling writer of comic fantasy in Britain, after Terry "He Always Makes Me Laugh" Pratchett. Were you aware that there are, hidden in the streets of Brighton, twelve ancient constellations, like the Hangleton Hound and the Bevendean Bat ...well, there are: and on each one hangs a tale, a tale so strange that only The Lad Himself, that inveterate spinner of tales and talker of the toot, Hugo Rune, can get to the bottom of them. And he'd better do it quickly, because if he doesn't solve the dozen mysteries before the year is out, that'll be the end of the world as we know it. And everything.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 368
 Edition: First Edition
 Publisher: Gollancz
Published: 14 Jul 2005
ISBN 10: 0575070099
ISBN 13: 9780575070097
Book Overview: We quintupled Rankin's hardcover sale to more than 15,000 copies when Gollancz published THE HOLLOW CHOCOLATE BUNNIES OF THE APOCALYPSE. More than 50,000 copies of THE HOLLOW CHOCOLATE BUNNIES sold in MMP Rankin gives great celebrity, winning new fans wherever he appears. Rankin has a huge and devoted fan club who are prepared to do anything they can to put Rankin at the top of the charts. 'Stark raving genius' The Observer 'To call Rankin irreverent doesn't begin to describe just how very good he is at playing with the rules' The MIRROR 'We read him for his exuberant salmagundi of old jokes, myths, urban and otherwise, catchphrases, liberatingly crazy ideas, running gags, recurring characters and locations, unreliable autobiographical anecdotes, and not forgetting the now legendary load of old toot ... he becomes funnier the more you read him.' Mat Coward in The INDEPENDENT

Media Reviews
If you liked the lunacy of The Goon Show, outrageous running gags, names that rhyme, terrible poetry, and an often inspired and playful use of language, this will be right up your street. -- Barbara Davies STARBURST Rankin's Milligan-esque mind shows no signs of fatigue or flagging. Rocking good fun. -- Daniel Coysh THE MORNING STAR All Rankin's old charms remain fresh and punchy in this wonderful novel. Like all great comedians, Rankin is an excellent wordsmith and he combines magic, humour and pirates perfectly to leave you chuckling all the way through. OUTLAND From the bizarre to the plain daft, this is a book you won't be able to read in public for fear of laughing out loud. Absolutely hilarious. THE LINCOLNSHIRE ECHO Robert Rankin proves his talent for the fantastically bizarre once again in this highly original adventure...Plenty of laughs and twists. It's difficult not to enjoy this ridiculous yarn. DREAMWATCH Yet another slice of far-fetched fiction in the Rankin tradition. It'd laugh-out-loud funny. -- Guy Haley SFX
Author Bio
Robert Rankin is an unrepentant Luddite who writes his bestselling novels by hand in exercise books. He is the author of The Brentford Trilogy (7 books), The Armageddon Quartet (3 books) and many more.