- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Corgi; New edition edition (5 Oct 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0552142115
- ISBN-13: 978-0552142113
- Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 2.1 x 17.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 250,031 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The latest madcap fantasy adventure by the author of the now legendary Brentford Trilogy.
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Norman's definitely dead. His dad fell out of the sky and flattened him. And as Norman didn't want any regular full-time employment before he died, he certainly doesn't want any now. Especially not here at The Universal Reincarnation Company. There's far too many filing cabinets and far too much paperwork. Not that it's the company's fault. The blame really lies with God. If He hadn't decided to close down Hell, then Heaven wouldn't have got too overcrowded and there would have been no need to build the extension. And until the extension is finished, the U.R.C. will just have to keep on recycling all those souls in the big queue.
If your taste is for a tender romance, taut with passion and desire, love and betrayal, then this raging stonker of a novel, bursting out of its leather pants with sex, scandal, murder, mystery, suspense, drama, action, adventure and Mad Car Disease, probably won't be for you. Sorry.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I've read a lot of Robert Rankin and this is the best of the lot. It's not just the story that's funny, and the fact that all the best characters are in it (Cornelius, Tuppe, Rune, Pooley, O'Malley, etc.) but it's that Rankin style of telling the story that makes the book such an excellent read.
I'd recommend this book to anyone that likes to laugh when they read.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Having seemingly concluded the tale of Cornelius and Tuppe in The Book of Ultimate Truths and Raiders of the Lost Carpark, and following the unconnected Greatest Show Off Earth, Robert Rankin returns to produce a belated third book in the trilogy. Unlike Raiders of the Lost Carpark however, this is not a direct continuation of an ongoing story, but a brand new tale featuring old characters, so it is more accessible to new readers. The story is a particularly wild one, with Rankin's imagination and invention going onto full overdrive, with the megalomaniac Rune's plans being to challenge God himself, with a plot featuring a Re-Incarnation Company (now that Heavens full and Hell's closed down), souls circling the sun, Mad Car Disease, multiple Rune's running about the place, Thelma and Louise, and an aquatic race complete with flying saucers. A good solid plot with plenty of laughs and good recurring jokes, the book starts running out of steam a little in the closing stages, but this is still a great comic novel and, as with all Rankins Cornelius and Tuppe books, highly recommended.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I've been reading Mr Rankin for a year or two and this is one of his most irreverant novels. Always present as the storyteller, Rankin twists the plot with not a care in hell - even when it doesn't work, but he shares that with us the readers. A great writer. Self-aware running gags and some seriously cheesy puns. PLUS all the regulars make their appearances. What a pleasant book. On a scale of one to ten, I'd recommend it was included.
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Nostradamus ate my hamster
One of the funniest and most weirdly imaginative writers I have ever read. If Robert Rankin can't make you laugh then the chances are that you've suffered brain death somewhere... Read more
Published on 27 Sep 2009 by Mr. G. Shuttleworth
Amazing...
Another larkish tome from the Master of Far-Fetched Fiction.
Not one of the best, but still a cracking romp, full of running gags, quirky asides & general lunacy.
Not one of the best, but still a cracking romp, full of running gags, quirky asides & general lunacy.
Published on 12 May 2009 by Mr. D. Noddle
Fun intricate story
Fun intricate story
As always, Rankin takes a while to build the story components; then weaves an amusing tale. Read more
As always, Rankin takes a while to build the story components; then weaves an amusing tale. Read more
Published on 23 Sep 2008 by CjW
Sheer brilliance!
This book is simply great! I won't waffle on too much but suffice to say there's plenty of Rankin's usual wacky far fetched ideas coupled with some real laugh out loud moments. Read more
Published on 26 Jun 2008 by Mr. B. L. Zebubble
Certainly one of the most amazing books ever written...
Robert Rankin is one of those authors that considers nothing sacred.. his writing is can best be described as a mixture of Terry Pratchet and Douglas Adams exept with a far more... Read more
Published on 6 Jan 1999
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