- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Weidenfeld Military (15 May 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1857984323
- ISBN-13: 978-1857984323
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 967,858 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In a send-up of the fantasy genre, this is the tale of a barbarian hero. He - big, black, beautiful, but not exactly streetwise - and his shabby, devious down-and-out sidekick, lurch through fantasy lands and battles on their quest for revenge.
About the Author
James Bibby has been a TV comedy writer for a number of years working with both Chris Tarrant and Lenny Henry. He lives in Liverpool with his family.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
As you can guess this is a send up of your conan the barbarian kind of book.
A black skinny street wise barbarian, an alcoholic shabby womanising side kick only good for mixing life threatening cock-tails. And the star of the book, a psychopathic man meat eating donkey with an acid wit.
I laughed out loud repeatedly reading this book, the sequels where a disappointment but this one Rocks !!!
Upon first seeing knights in armour the donkey says "Hmmm canned food, anyone got a can opener?" And he only follows the ronan and his side kick as he figures he can eat them later if nothing better comes along.
Truely a book worthy of anyones collection. A must if your a Pratchett type fan, or even hard core fantasy fiction. You just can not help but laugh at this book as you recognise comedy parady after parady of the well recognised formulaes.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Excellent book, very humerous, you can't put it down.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
While I don't doubt that in part this book is a parody of so many other fantasy novels, unlike many books in the same genre it carries with it a genuinely interesting story line. The humour comes thick and fast but the story does not subordinate itself to cheap jokes and easy gags. Rather there exists a happy and hugely successful union between laugh-out-loud comedic passages and the book's own ludicrous but fun plot line.
I have read this book several times and highly recommend it. The passage about the drums in the deep (a tribute to Tolkien's trapped group in Moria) is worth the cost of the book itself.
The sequels are not quite as good but still, well worth a read.
If you enjoy light hearted comedy you will not be disappointed.
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