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by Robert Rankin (Author) "'Once upon a time,' said the big fat farmer, 'it was all fields around here.' ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Gollancz; New Ed edition (1 Aug 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0575074019
  • ISBN-13: 978-0575074019
  • Product Dimensions: 17 x 11.2 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 24,133 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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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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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Surrealistic, silly and enjoyable, 19 Jan 2003
By Katrine Myra (Oslo, Norway) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse (Gollancz S.F.) (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.

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.

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A good first Rankin read., 4 Oct 2002
This review is from: The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse (Gollancz S.F.) (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.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Weirder than the usual Rankin..., 11 Nov 2002
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This review is from: The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse (Gollancz S.F.) (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.

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5.0 out of 5 stars You should probably buy this...
A great book, Eddie Bear and Jack try to track down the murderer of several Nursery Rhyme characters that recently happened in the magical (but not) land of Toy City. Very funny.
Published 24 days ago by Ben Wharton

4.0 out of 5 stars This one got me hooked...
This was the first Rankin I brought and read, I never buy books without knowing I like the author or knowing something about the book before hand usually. Read more
Published 16 months ago by A. WildDog

3.0 out of 5 stars bringing nursery rhymes back to life!
I did like this book primarily for bringing nursery rhymes back to life. Ok so it's hardly a conventional way of doing it by making them all 'real' and killing several of them off... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Mr. J. G. Dallimore

4.0 out of 5 stars Ahhh finally
Finally a book that has everything, drunkenness, violence, police brutality, sex, car chases, guns and soft toys.

This book is fantastic. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Plato

5.0 out of 5 stars very very funny
if you have'nt read robert rankin before,stop at this point and just buy one,does'nt matter which ones as you will get hooked,if you want a bit more of a comment than this,you... Read more
Published on 17 April 2007 by cold reader

5.0 out of 5 stars a laugh a minute read nothing too serious.
I Love Robert Rankin I brought this book because the title and the info on the back made me laugh. The book certainly did not disapoint. Read more
Published on 8 Jan 2007 by Ms. E. A. Smallman

4.0 out of 5 stars The future of the detective novel is safe. ish...
In the sequel to this book (The Toyminator) Robert Rankin kinda pokes fun at people who haven't read this book first, understandable given that The Toyminator is a sequel. Read more
Published on 19 Dec 2006 by Chris Chalk

3.0 out of 5 stars Good, but overrated
'The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse' is Rankin's 24th novel, and his first for new publisher Gollancz. Read more
Published on 31 Oct 2006 by dogbarkssome

3.0 out of 5 stars Good book, but not the second coming!
I borrowed this book from the library, as I enjoy Rankin's books on the whole. Just finished it and came on here to see how other people enjoyed it.

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Published on 22 Aug 2006 by J. Garrard

5.0 out of 5 stars OMG...Crazy Funny
I picked this up thinking it was an Ian Rankin book because i'm a big fan of his work. Not really looking at the title, and ignoring the evil looking bunnies on the cover, you can... Read more
Published on 30 Jul 2006 by Mrs Carlos Manoso

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