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"Crazy, classic Rankin." --"Daily Mirror "
Jon Courtenay Grimwood, GUARDIAN
"A very English form of insanity".
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is great a Robert Rankin book, returning to his classic characters Omally and Pooley (and all at the Flying Swan) and to his favorate location; Brentford.
The surreal plot (no offense to Brentford Football fans) and hummor are present, and as good as ever. In fact I feel this book is a more "polished" and definative effort from Mr Rankin for some time.
I also think this is the book he always wanted to write; taking Brentford to the FA final!
Or does he? Im not telling. Using the 10-0 formation rather than 4-4-2 is always risky business!!
Rankin fans will really, really like this!
If your new to Rankin, probably best to start at the begining of the trilogy (six books back!)
Enjoy.
38 of 41 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
You could read this if you have not read any Robert Rankin books (especially the previous Brentford books) but you will miss out on a lot of the fun to be had spotting recurring jokes and phrases and re-encountering old favourite characters. There are still numerous references and nods to other books, films, TV shows, football and music (both popular and obscure) ranging from The Simpsons to Predator, via HP Lovecraft so even newcomers can play the game.
I think it is safe to say that anyone who did enjoy the previous Brentford books will lap this one up, because it is more of the same, but with some of the ideas from 'The Witches Of Chiswick'. Obviously Pooley and O'Malley are the heroes, along with Professor Slocombe, and Neville and Norman Hartnel (not to be confused with the other Norman Hartnel) feature strongly, but there are appearances by most of the old cast of characters including Small Dave and Archroy. Just about the only person missing is Soap Distant. There is even an extremely brief cameo appearance by Cornelius and Tuppe!
The climax of the story is a football match which is like the famous darts match in the original trilogy but with eleven players on each side, and the council meeting early in the book is a classic scene. (It is easy to think of Rankin books in cinematic terms of scenes and a cast. It must be - all together now - a tradition or an old charter or something.)
Fans of the Brentford Books or Rankin generally will be reading this new book anyway, no matter what any review says, but they are going to enjoy this one. A lot. What I like about Rankin is that he is not afraid to ditch a winning formula and experiment with new situations and a bit of variety, but somehow that just makes it all the more exciting when he does return to his original (and best) situation.
Knees Up Mother Earth is reliable, takes you to some new places, but in a way you are used to, and it would be churlish to dislike it - a veritable Morris Minor of books!
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Fans of the Trilogy will enjoy this seventh manifestation of The Plot. Just as with our pair of comfy slippers, we can slide in to the mad world of Mr Rankin.
We discover a little more about the infeasibly aged Professor, gain a little more respect for our heroes, and can laugh at the inevitable disasters that befall our familiar characters.
For me, this book worked as well as the originals. Robert Rankin usually manages to have a page where he writes something so bizarre that you just have to stop and laugh uncontrollably in a public place - don't do as I did and read it on a trans-Atlantic flight!
So, regulars will know the plot, the characters and even the plot devices, but it's the way he tells it.
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A Great Book
This is the first Robert Rankin book I have read and I am looking forward to reading the rest of his books. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Steve
A welcome return
A pretty decent and amusing book. Not as good as the original trilogy but any of his Brentford books are great.
A bit unrealistic though. Read more
A bit unrealistic though. Read more
Published 18 months ago by The Emperor
He's football crazy, he's football mad...
Brentford are going to win the Cup! No matter that they've not won a game all season; that their manager - the one and only Jim Pooley - until recently considered gambling (sorry,... Read more
Published on 19 April 2009 by T. Bishop
Takes a while to get into it, then great
It takes a while to set-up the pre-amble -as Rankin always does, then the book explores multiple threads at the same time, drawing to the Rankin-esk style of high activity... Read more
Published on 16 Feb 2009 by CjW
A pleasant sense of deja vu
So, book seven in the Brentford trilogy eh? What Rankin does with Knees Up is very clever. He uses the same characters, the same plot (Brentonians to stop Armageddon) and a lot of... Read more
Published on 19 Aug 2007 by Mr. G. Battle
Best in the series!
O'Malley and Pooley are truly marvellous characters and the Bretford Trilogy (yes, I know) is a superb collection. Read more
Published on 30 July 2007 by Doctor Syn
the master has returned to form
After a few years in the wilderness (or propping up the bar) the master has returned to form with a delightful tale of men, beer, friendship, dark goings on and FOOTBALL.
Published on 20 Mar 2006
I'm over the moon, Brian
With the seventh book in The Brentford Trilogy, Robert Rankin shoots and scores. A coherent plot (which isn't always a given with Mr Rankin), Pooley and Omally to the fore... Read more
Published on 13 Feb 2006 by MisterKeith
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