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The Dance of the Voodoo Handbag (Completely Barking Mad Trilogy) [Kindle Edition]

Robert Rankin (Author)
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
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'This is Rankin at his comic best. He does for England what Spike Milligan does for Ireland. There can be no higher praise' (John Clute Mail on Sunday )

'We read Rankin for his exuberant salmagundi of old jokes, myths urban and otherwise, catchphrases, liberatingly crazy ideas, running gags, recurring characters and locations, unreliable, autobiogrpahical anecdotes...he becomes funnier the more you read him' (Mat Coward Independent )

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Another hilarious tall tale from the master of the genre.
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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 351 KB
  • Print Length: 340 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0552145807
  • Publisher: Far Fetched Books (24 July 2012)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B008P0BB4G
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Not Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #102,990 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars The best running gags so far!! 15 May 1999
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
Don't care what the others say. For sheer laughs this was the best non Pooley and O malley so far!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Sprout Mask Woodbine 2 Feb 2006
By Jane Aland VINE™ VOICE
Format:Paperback
The Dance of the Voodoo Handbag, Rankin’s 17th novel, occupies a strange place in his shared universe, as it’s written as a direct sequel to the fantasy autobiographical Sprout Mask Replica, yet for much of the novel Rankin is under the illusion that he is in fact Lazlo Woodbine, the star of They Came And Ate Us. Confused? Well, you needn’t be. Apart from a couple of throwaway references to chaos theory, the events of Sprout Mask Replica have no impact on this second volume of Rankin’s autobiography, and all you really need to know about Woodbine is that he is a hardboiled gumshoe detective genre cliché, limited to only 4 stock sets (his office, a bar for talking a load of old toot, an alleyway, and a rooftop for the climax).

Woodbine rather unbalanced the plot of They Came And Ate Us, but here he adds some great moments of comic relief, as Rankin’s plot slithers uroboricly back and forth. The plot is a good one, with the very macabre tale of the hero being kept for years in a suitcase and fed a bit at a time to a ravenous voodoo handbag colliding with a mindbending idea where the souls of the dead are downloaded into the mind of God via the ultimate computer. There’s also the requisite number of tall tales embedded in the story, and plenty of great laughs (though these diminish as the plot kicks in during the novels second half).

The one downside is the continued presence of Rankin’s poetry which, amazingly, seems to be even more dire than before. It also has one of those tricksy multiple-choice endings, where you’re not entirely sure if Rankin is being very clever, or he just couldn’t think of a decent way to end the book. Still – an inventive, hilarious, horrifying and deranged book – and another winner from Robert Rankin. Recommended.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Robert Rankin at his best... 7 July 1999
By A Customer
Format:Hardcover
Written under the cathartic influence of a green smokable substance (allegedly), this book is without doubt Robert Rankin's finest work to date.

The Master of Tall Tales tackles Gatesism, the internet, strange and abominable sexual habits in rural communities, insanity, voodoo and talking sprouts with his usual brand of humour. The plot twists, coils and then turns around and eats itself while you watch.

More fun than dynamiting gophers. Top. Really.

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Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars BARKING MAD!
This was my first taste of Robert Rankin. I can't decide if I enjoyed it or not! Completely crazy story, but very clever and it did make me smile in places (mostly on my face!). Read more
Published 1 month ago by John
5.0 out of 5 stars Bonkers
Reall love these books, Nearly as good as Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse and Toyminator. Rankin is the best.
Published 2 months ago by A Jenkins
5.0 out of 5 stars I love it
I love the story, complex but simple, fascinating and funny, a gem from Robert Rankins collection. I have had to read it several times to take every detail in, but those are the... Read more
Published 2 months ago by bitsygrim
3.0 out of 5 stars A Little Rambling
So far I've read about 1/3 of Roberts Books and generally enjoyed all of them. However, I felt that this one is probably my least favourite so far. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Trance-Elbow
4.0 out of 5 stars The Ballad of Billy Barnes
I'm a late convert to Robert Rankin - I wasn't convinced by his apparently improvised style and rambling storyline. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Andrew Lawston
5.0 out of 5 stars completely Barking
I've loved Mr Rankin's works for many years, since discovering the Brentford triangle books, so I freely admit this is biased. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Adam Golding
5.0 out of 5 stars Barking Mad
Two words which describe this book, Barking Mad. A bit disjointed but once I got into it I really enjoyed it. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Spike
3.0 out of 5 stars Another Rankin tale of incredularity
Rankin lets his mind wander into the bizarre once again;
not a classic - but damn good light read and nice escapism from real life.
Published on 16 Feb 2009 by CjW
4.0 out of 5 stars A merry dance indeed.
If you've never read Rankin before then here's an easy, if not bizarre, novel to start with. It's a standard save the world from the madman affair, except it's from the viewpoint... Read more
Published on 7 Nov 2006 by Mr. G. Battle
4.0 out of 5 stars One of Rankins Better ones
I have to say from the off that I am not a huge fan of Rankin. I do like some of his stuff but sometimes it seems a wee bit tedious and too Python-for-the-sake-of-it. Read more
Published on 6 Jan 2004 by "kohhna"
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