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The Suburban Salamander Incident

The Suburban Salamander Incident

by Andrew Harman (Author)

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    Paperback 2000

    $4.20
Synopsis

When two feyries, living underneath the quiet town of Camford, are ordered by their Queen to prove that salamanders do, in fact, exist, it calls for desperate measures. Thanks to the wonders of genetic engineering they do manage to bring to life some of the mythical creatures - but unfortunately they are not able to stop them escaping. The unsuspecting folk of Camford are in the for the shock of their lives, but for Laurel Miles the appearance of the salamanders heralds something far more cataclysmic. And you can't get much more cataclysmic than the end of the world ...!

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 352
 Edition: First THUS
 Publisher: Orbit
Published: 03 Feb 2000
ISBN 10: 1857237331
ISBN 13: 9781857237337

Media Reviews
'Salamanders exist, obviously. Well, Andrew Harman would like you to suspend your disbelief for a few hours, and with a little help from his friends in genetic engineering the mythological flame-dwelling beasties just might come a-calling. Camford, from electrified golf club, to the local expert in vegetable arrangement, via the unscrupulous estate agent with the fraudulent cellar, is about to get rudely jolted out of sleepy suburban slumber. You could blame the Fairy Queen, if you believed in her, but with the world about to end you probably won't worry about that too much. Obviously someone has to do something, and who better than Laurel Miles, the eccentric but dedicated rainbow warrior with a head-full of Amazonian ant music? Andrew Harman is the author of such popular comic fantasies as Frogs of War, 101 Damnations and The Sorcerer's Appendix. His many fans will appreciate that The Suburban Salamander Incident features his characteristic mix of love-it or loath-it puns, wordplay, silly jokes, clever jokes, quirky characters and wayward plotting. It's a book for a long train journey, or to cheer you up through a dose of flu. It won't change your world, but it will raise a smile, and even the occasional splutter from all but the most stony-faced. Afterwards you might enjoy being flabbergasted by Tom Holt's Snow White and the Seven Samurai, stare with amazement at David Garnett's Bikin Planet, and indulge in Sex, Drugs and Sausage Rolls, courtesy of Robert Rankin.' - Gary S. Dalkin, Amazon.co.uk
Author Bio
Andrew Harman lives in Bedfordshire with his wife Jenny. He is now established as one of the funniest comic fantasy writers to have emerged in recent years.