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The Antipope (Brentford Trilogy) (Paperback)

by Robert Rankin (Author)
4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Corgi Books; New edition edition (13 Feb 1992)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 055213841X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0552138413
  • Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.7 x 2.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 33,437 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This story uncovers suburbia's darkest secrets - mostly in The Flying Swan, a cosmic Rovers Return where Neville the barman and Archroy, owner of five magic beans, do battle with beasts of the occult and in particular the rather unpleasant Pope Alexander VI, the last of the Borgias.

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'Outside the sun shines. Buses rumble towards Ealing Broadway and I'm expected to do battle with the powers of darkness. It all seems a little unfair...'

You could say it all started with the red-eyed tramp with the slimy fingers who put the wind up Neville, the part-time barman, something rotten. Or when Archroy's wife swapped his trusty Morris Minor for five magic beans while he was out at the rubber factory.

On the other hand, you could say it all started a lot earlier. Like 450 years ago, when Borgias walked the earth.

Pooley and Omally, stars of the Brentford Laboiur Exchange and the Flying Swan, want nothing to do with it, especially if there's a Yankee and a pint of Large in the offing. Pope Alexander VI, last of the Borgias, has other ideas...

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent humour. Brilliant characters., 28 Jun 2000
By Simon Joensen "Soulbender" (Copenhagen, Denmark) - See all my reviews
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Robert Rankin - brilliant as always. Follow the two drunken heros Pooley and Omally as they fight evil in the town of Brentford where the most important thing for everybody is to make easy money and cheat even your best friend into buying you beer.

The characters are the best part of the whole Brentford series. They all have strong personalities, and you get to know them well which makes it even funnier to read about their reactions in certain situations.

Also, Rankin changes between the subtle, the explicit, the beautiful and the outright vulgar. You never know what he throws at you next.

This one is a definite must read for everybody who appreciates humour and recognizes the subtle differences in the choice of words.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Persistently amusing., 23 Oct 1998
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This is one of my favorite books. It's the first of the Brentford series. I find the whole series to be comfortable, likable and highly amusing. It helps to have a taste for the surreal. I found the characters to be very likable. They have the care free attitudes of the characters from Steinbeck's Tortilla Flat or Cannery Row, but they are intelligent and educated. They are not the type one would expect to be called upon to save the world. Essentially Brentford is the world. Should any character temporarily wander out of Brentford, Brentford would still be the reference point. The pub is the core essence of this world. Nothing is really serious unless it effects the pub. To this little world comes every silly notion that ever landed on the front page of the most bizarre tabloids. The Antipope is the place to start. It's one of the best, and will introduce you to the Brentford perspective. I found after reading a few pages, I wanted to take a break and wait for the smile on my face to ease up a little before I dared to proceed.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Making Normal Weird, 3 Jan 2005
By aceadrian (Cumbria) - See all my reviews
The first book in the -arguably - five book series.

We follow the lives of a range of Brentonians over a period of time that their way of life is under threat from a power crazed lunatic. Between them they have a range of bizarre adventures, mostly just outside the law and all completely hilarious, in their quest to destroy this threat.

Throughout this book I got the sense that every character (save from the reincarnation of an evil power craved pope and his weird squat henchmen) was a normal person, with normal character traits. But the way in which Rankin manifests those traits in the story and the magic they create makes the characters much more than normal - eccentric, weird and lovable!

I think you have to concentrate at times to keep up with which character is who and what the hell they have been doing, but thats part of the fun! Ive started the second one!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
This is the first book in the Brentford tringle. Have read about a 100 pages and loving it so far. Am going to order the rest of the serie I thing
Published 1 month ago by Asgeir Misund

5.0 out of 5 stars The Antipope it's an audio experience!
I've only recently started sampling the works of Robert Rankin, so I only had a vague idea of what to expect. Read more
Published 5 months ago by I. N. Bateman

5.0 out of 5 stars THE BIG AUDIO ANTIPOPE
I hadn't realised just how good a writer Robert Rankin was until I heard this wonderful dramatisation back in 2003. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Dr. Richard W. Gray

4.0 out of 5 stars Reprobates of the world UNITE!
You have nothing to loose but your shillings!


Came across this looking for an alternative to El Prat - and not disappointed. Read more
Published 17 months ago by A.K.Farrar

3.0 out of 5 stars enjoyable, but not fully engaging
This is the first of this author's books I have read and I did find that it took a while to get into it. Read more
Published on 14 Mar 2007 by al m

5.0 out of 5 stars A life changing experience!
As a part-time barman myself, I thought I knew all there was to know about working in a pub in Brentford. Thank you Robert Rankin for changing my view of the world forever. Read more
Published on 10 May 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars good laugh
basically centred around 2 guys that spend a lot of time in a pub and the rest battling the supernatural.I mean how can you fault a plot like that. Read more
Published on 11 Jan 2001

4.0 out of 5 stars Terry Pratchett? I wouldn't give him the time of day.
Rankin's 'Brentford' books are precisely what I wanted out of Terry Pratchett but didn't get.

Pratchett has had so much hype and the reviews on Amazon were so positive that I... Read more

Published on 10 Jan 2000 by Nigel Collier

3.0 out of 5 stars Quite good for a first attempt
I am a great fan of Robert Rankin. The Antipope is his firat novel, but it is not his best. Over time, Mr Rankin has become much mor ereadable and off the cuff. Read more
Published on 14 Jun 1999

3.0 out of 5 stars Quite good for a first attempt
I am a great fan of Robert Rankin. The Antipope is his firat novel, but it is not his best. Over time, Mr Rankin has become much mor ereadable and off the cuff. Read more
Published on 14 Jun 1999

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