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Summary: Not the Best but Still a Classic!
Review: Anyone who has read other books by Robert Rankin will not be surprised at the bizarre and convoluted plot that is his trade mark.Whilst this book isn't as good as dome he has written, it's still hugely funny and well worth reading. A word of caution however, read the earlier books first and you will enjoy this one more, there are all sorts of references to previous books of Rankin's which, whilst not important to the story, will improve your enjoyment just that little bit more.
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Summary: Rants of a madman
Review: Mr Rankin is without any doubt insane and I think he would agree if he could escape from the asylum to tell us. I started reading his books about 200 years ago and have not recovered since. A comic genius maybe, but without any doubt insane!
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Summary: Rants of a madman
Review: Mr Rankin is without any doubt insane and I think he would agree if he could escape from the asylum to tell us. I started reading his books about 200 years ago and have not recovered since. A comic genius maybe, but without any doubt insane!
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Summary: A pint of large at the Flying Swan
Review: This was the first Rankin novel I tried, and I'm now chewing my way through the rest of them. The humour is about as zany as it gets, and there are some real laugh-out-loud moments. The premise of many of his novels is the same, and very british: Jim Pooley and John Omally live in Brentford and lack gainful employment. Their picaresque adventures could be interpreted as products of their overactive imaginations. In various novels they come face to face with the antipope, aliens from Ceres, time travel, and a host of other delightful oddities, always helped by their friend the Professor. Don't expect anything deep, but expect a riot of imaginative humour. Maybe I should just read you the first few sentences of this novel.
`She does what?' John Omally looked up from his pint and down at Small Dave.
`Reads your knob,' said the wee man. `It's a bit like Palmistry, where they read the lines on your hand. Except this is called Penistry and they can tell your fortune by looking at your knob.'
It was spring and it was Tuesday. It was lunchtime. They were in the Flying Swan.
`I don't believe it,' said John. `Someone's been winding you up, Dave.'
`They have not. I overheard two policemen talking about it while I was locked up in a suitcase.'
`Excuse me, Dave,' said Soap Distant, newly returned from a journey to the centre of the Earth. `But why were you locked in a suitcase?'
`There was some unpleasantness. I don't wish to discuss it.'
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Summary: Sing!
Review: This was the first Robert Rankin book that I read and I've been hooked ever since! It has an ingenious plot and written excellently by the master himself. Give the guy credit - he even makes Terry Pratchitt laugh, and that must be pretty hard! All in all, this is a book that I'd definitely recommend to ANYONE!
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Summary: The title says it all!
Review: Very little sex though real or simulated but keep on reading and... you will laugh really hard twice on each page and chuckle to yourself in between. That said this book is best not to be read in public or in transit, for obvious reasons. This is my third Rankin read and I am continuing through his work but I think this will remain one of my favorite. It has: A Beatles reunion no less, although a Serbian SF/Horror writer had that on before Mr. Rankin. The reason why not to use the internet, demonic possession explained, the Terminator rip off (We all know James Cameron had to pay off Harlan Ellison for his rip off) Definition of Rock 'n Roll as it should be. And the extraordinary funny bit with stable boys, buckets and gene splicing!
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