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by Robert Rankin (Author)
4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Corgi Books; New edition edition (6 April 1995)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0552139246
  • ISBN-13: 978-0552139243
  • Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 10.6 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 191,378 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Raymond's had a rough couple of days. Snatched from his allotment by a flying starfish from Uranus and sold as a delicacy in a Venusian food market, it seems like his luck has changed when he is rescued by the travelling circus. But then this isn't an ordinary circus.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Hee Hee Hee, 15 Sep 1999
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Oh how we laughed as a carriage load of commuters looked up in suprise at the young man who had just snorted a load of Fanta out of his nose, all because he was laughing so hard.

The sad thing is, if he'd explained that he was laughing at a character's name, and actually had stated that name, they would have given him withering looks. Instead, he had to pretend to be ill.

It's a very funny book, although not Rankins best. But read it anyway, and if you don't laugh at Long John's last name, you're a better man than I.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Rankin at his inventive best, 8 Feb 2005
By Lendrick (London) - See all my reviews
It pointless trying to comment on the plot of a Robert Rankin book. Suffice to say this is hugey and wildly inventive, peppered with ridiculous running gags and authorial asides, violent, bizarre, totally prepostorous and massivley entertaining.
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4.0 out of 5 stars An old charter..., 12 May 2009
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Y'know, I get to a point where I can't tell if I've read one of Rankin's books or not, but that's ok. I like the familiar feeling, like greeting an old (if somewhat predictable) friend.

In a pub.

With many ales in the offing.
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