THE HOLLOW CHOCOLATE BUNNIES OF THE APOCALYPSE is set in Toy City, once Toy Town, but now older, bigger and certainly not wiser. The Old Rich, who have made their millions from the royalties on their world-famous nursery rhymes, are being slaughtered. One by One. Horribly. A psychopath is on the loose. He must be stopped at all costs. It's a job for Toy City's only detective - but he's missing, leaving Eddie Bear to track down the mad killer, with the aid only of his bestest friend, Jack, and a wide cast of truly unforgettable characters. This is a wonderfully funny book from the irreverent, hilarious writer of WEB SITE STORY, THE SPROUTS OF WRATH and The Brentford Trilogy.
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In Robert Rankin's latest warped fantasy, a serial killer is murdering notable nursery-rhyme characters and leaving very special sweeties as calling cards at the scene of each crime: The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse.
Humpty Dumpty is the first of Toy City's upper crust to sleep with the fishes. Boiled alive in his own swimming pool. A nasty fate, but maybe not as nasty as Little Boy Blue's, with his own shepherd's crook thrust a long way into a place where the sun does not shine.
Bill Winkie the P.I. has gone missing, and his hard-drinking teddybear sidekick Eddie takes up the case. Down these mean streets a bear must go. He needs a hand, though--two hands, owing to a lack of opposable thumbs--and reluctantly teams up with "gormster" country boy Jack, who foolishly thinks he can make his fortune in Toy City.
Of course the police, jolly bouncy rubber policemen who are sadistic at heart, object to interfering freelances. So does the mystery assassin, who seems to be a curvaceous woman in a kinky rubber outfit--death on high heels. Even kindly old Mother Goose, madame of the Toy City brothel, gets her neck wrung before she can talk, and Eddie is in serious danger of losing his very stuffing.
Fast, demented, fairytale-noir action, filled with gruesomely silly deaths, self-referential thriller gags, and the true meanings of those nursery rhymes whose royalties made Humpty and the rest so rich.
Robert Rankin is fond of introducing peculiar, repeated figures of speech, and this book's is the Maddeningly Incomplete Simile. Like this: Hollow Chocolate Bunnies is as good as. It's as weird as. It's as deeply bonkers as. In short, it's as Rankin as.--David Langford --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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"Rankin is a master of sophisticated (and sophmoric) practical jokes. His novels are cult classics."
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
By Katrine Myra
Format:Hardcover
This is the first Robert Rankin novel I have read, and I have to say it was different from anything else I've ever read before.
I've avoided Rankins books before, thinking they sounded too silly and surrealistic for my tastes. However, while The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse certainly is bizzare, it is also a very interresting and entertaining read. It is a murder mystery set in a fantasy universe, with elements of comedy, horror and fairy tales.
I've avoided Rankins books before, thinking they sounded too silly and surrealistic for my tastes. However, while The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse certainly is bizzare, it is also a very interresting and entertaining read. It is a murder mystery set in a fantasy universe, with elements of comedy, horror and fairy tales.
The language is simple, as other reviewers have mentioned, but this in my opinion is not a bad thing. You almost feel as though you are reading a childrens book, a young childrens book even, and then Rankin hits you in the face with a horribly graphic murder or severly adult themes. The book at times has that disturbing feel of the nightmares you have as a child; the monsters under the bed are real, and that scary, ugly old toy really IS alive...
I reccomend this book to anyone seeking a different kind of reading experience, even if you are not a fan of fantasy or other speculative fiction. Personally, I will certainly be looking into other works by Rankin.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I was hooked on this book from the first chapter. This is the first Rankin book I've read, so I can't compare it with any of the Brentford books, but it has taken a place in my list of favorite books. Rankin's phrasing and language sets up a wonderfully sinister atmosphere, and the dark (and slightly smutty) humour fits well. The ending isn't (too) predictable and some plot twists *do* come as a surpise.
I would recommend this book to anyone who isn't offended easily. There's dark humour but 'Hollow Chocolate Bunnies' is still lighthearted and fun. The story itself is entertaining and the first chapter's a gem.
I would recommend this book to anyone who isn't offended easily. There's dark humour but 'Hollow Chocolate Bunnies' is still lighthearted and fun. The story itself is entertaining and the first chapter's a gem.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is without doubt the funniest book I have ever read. I'll be honest I read the first few pages and thought this was a waste of money and after reading the back of the book I should have known better but by page 2 I started to get into it and by page 3 (not unusual) I was hooked!!! Eddie the bear is great fun and the banter between him and Jack is excellent. The jokes are well thought out an all though with some jokes you can see whats going to happen ie the Fat Sod caractures suicede bid the way it is written once you get to the punch line though you knew it was coming you STILL laugh loud and hard.
Buy this book. I've started on The Fandom of the Operator and I'm all ready hooked. so scratch buy this book buy all his books one by one and laugh.
EXCELLENT.
(I wonder if I got my point over well enough?)
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Hardcover
I found this book completely fascinating. It's humour...with so much more than one would expect. Chocolate bunnies, alcohol- and sex-addicted teddies, and fairy tale creatures gone bad. I often found myself laughing out loud and it will keep you hooked from the very first page. I have read quite a few of Rankin's books, and this one, along with the Antipope, are in my opinion his best.
If you are a Douglas Adams, Tom Holt or Terry Prachett fan, I can assure you, you will enjoy this book. Buy this book. Or don't...your loss.
If you are a Douglas Adams, Tom Holt or Terry Prachett fan, I can assure you, you will enjoy this book. Buy this book. Or don't...your loss.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Hardcover
After the very dark "Fandom of the Operator" and its thoroughly unpleasant characters, Rankin returns with a very light-hearted book of far-fetched fiction, based in Toy City.
The book is infested with jolly likeable characters, very funny one-liners and running gags. As always, the anarchic and clever story plays second fiddle to Rankin's play on words, for which he is in particularly impressive form this time around.
All-in-all a thoroughly entertaining read...
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Best described as "Trumpton Riots meets Psycho" with a fair dash of Eraserhead, this is a bizarre book even by Rankin's standards. Someone's murdering toys in Toy City - so far so weird. But that's just the starting point for Rankin's usual torrent of running gags, sinister forces, daft puns, urban legends, and general bizarreness. Not quite as self-referential as some of his earlier books (where "reality" in one is fiction in another and vice-versa!) this is a funny, tightly-plotted (yes, I'm saying that about a Rankin book!) and most of all deeply odd mystery... Of course, as all Rankin fans know nothing is necessarily what it seems, and no doubt in a sequel to one of the other sprouts of the Rankinverse we'll discover some strange facts about the characters from this one!
Yep, it's great. He's delivered the goods just as expected in his twenty-fourth novel and shows no signs of slowing down.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Plato
Format:Paperback
Finally a book that has everything, drunkenness, violence, police brutality, sex, car chases, guns and soft toys.
This book is fantastic.
The four star rating is because it's not perfect. however for what it is, which is a funny weird mind expanding book it out does almost everything in terms or originality and kept me reading constantly.
Another reason for a four and not five star rating is because it made me get only three hours sleep on a Sunday night rendering me useless at work.
The story is fast moving and keeps you guessing; obviously there's no way you could know what's coming next in a book like this and that's why it's so much fun to read. This book is escapism at practically its greatest it takes the reader out of this sometimes overly serious world and gives the mind a chance to exorcise its imagination again.
This is the first fiction I have read for a few years and I don't know why I stopped. If you need a book to help get you through a little bit of life then this is it, conjuring up vivid images and hilarious conversations between the characters Robert Rankin has created a pearl of a book.
So in summary if you have a lot on your mind and need to forget, read this book it is funny and easy going. After a reading session you may (as I did) find yourself wondering how economic it must be for a teddy to go and get drunk.
READ IT!
What have you got to loose.
This book is fantastic.
The four star rating is because it's not perfect. however for what it is, which is a funny weird mind expanding book it out does almost everything in terms or originality and kept me reading constantly.
Another reason for a four and not five star rating is because it made me get only three hours sleep on a Sunday night rendering me useless at work.
The story is fast moving and keeps you guessing; obviously there's no way you could know what's coming next in a book like this and that's why it's so much fun to read. This book is escapism at practically its greatest it takes the reader out of this sometimes overly serious world and gives the mind a chance to exorcise its imagination again.
This is the first fiction I have read for a few years and I don't know why I stopped. If you need a book to help get you through a little bit of life then this is it, conjuring up vivid images and hilarious conversations between the characters Robert Rankin has created a pearl of a book.
So in summary if you have a lot on your mind and need to forget, read this book it is funny and easy going. After a reading session you may (as I did) find yourself wondering how economic it must be for a teddy to go and get drunk.
READ IT!
What have you got to loose.
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Great book! What an imagination Rankin has. This book has been passed around my friends who are all enjoying the quirky take on toy land and nursery rhymes xx
Published 5 months ago by D L Wright
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not actually sure how i feel about this!
Well this was a weird book! Not only is it a very strange writing style, but odd things happen- repeatedly and often very rudely! Read more
Published 9 months ago by M. Notman
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As described in good time
Came quickly, was as described - was evidently an ex library book but not worn, was the edition I wanted. Packaged well.
Published 10 months ago by Jazzer
5.0 out of 5 stars
Surreal but funny
This was the first book I have read by Rankin and it was a cracking read. Quite surreal and silly but I was unable to put it down. I shall definitey be reading more of his books.
Published 14 months ago by P. Clark
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Robert Rankin versus Kindle
Brilliant book full of adventures and witty remarks.
Having said that,i bought my Kindle at Christmas,basicaly as i have little room left to store my favourite books. Read more
Having said that,i bought my Kindle at Christmas,basicaly as i have little room left to store my favourite books. Read more
Published 15 months ago by shaniah
4.0 out of 5 stars
Sample only - like a dark, jocular Aesop's Fable
I like the title, I like the artwork on the cover and I like the refreshing style in which this story is told. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Andrew Ives
5.0 out of 5 stars
Funny!
This is the funniest book I've read in a long time. As long as you can cope with talking teddy bears that stand on their heads when they're drunk, you will love it too!
Published 23 months ago by Emma Spriggs
5.0 out of 5 stars
OMG!!!
This is a brilliant book. So original and surprising. I laughed so much I had my kids thinking there was something wrong with me! The plot and the characters are excellent. Read more
Published on 31 Mar 2011 by J. Kaidas
4.0 out of 5 stars
Perfectly satifsfactory.
Took a while to arrive, in fact after stated, but this was due to the snow we had and our area not recieving any post for about 2 weeks. Read more
Published on 1 Jan 2011 by Mr T
4.0 out of 5 stars
A good place for Rankin newbies, but veterans may find it a little...
Jack is off to the city to make his fortune, which he has heard is the thing to do for a clever young chap in search of adventure. Read more
Published on 22 Sep 2010 by A. Whitehead
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