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Mightier Than the Sword: "My Hero", "Who's Afraid of Beowulf?": Omnibus 2 (Tom Holt Omnibus) (Paperback)

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  • Paperback: 576 pages
  • Publisher: Orbit (7 Mar 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1841491330
  • ISBN-13: 978-1841491332
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.6 x 4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 75,872 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Praise for Tom Holt: 'Uniquely twisted ... cracking gags' Rob Grant, THE GUARDIAN, 'Frantically wacky and wilfully confusing ... gratifyingly clever and very amusing' MAIL ON SUNDAY, 'Frothy, fast and funny' SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY, 'Dazzling' TIME OUT, 'Wildly imaginative' NEW SCIENTIST

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MY HERO - Writing novels? Piece of cake, surely ...or so Jane thinks. Until hers starts writing back. At which point, she really should stop. The one thing she should not do is go into the book herself. After all, that's what heroes are for. Unfortunately, the world of fiction is a far more complicated place than she ever imagined. And she's about to land her hero right in it. WHO'S AFRAID OF BEOWULF? - Well, not Hrolf Earthstar, for a start. The last Norse king of Caithness, Hrolf and his twelve champions are woken from a centuries-long sleep when archaeologist Hildy Frederiksen finds their grave mound. Not only that, Hrolf decides to carry on his ancient war against the Sorcerer-King. In a mixture of P.G. Wodehouse, Norse mythology and Laurel and Hardy, Hildy and her Viking companions face such perils as BBC film crews, second-rate fish and chips and the Bakerloo line in their battle against the powers of darkness.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Cracking Stuff!, 14 April 2002
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Before stumbling upon this book in my local bookshop I'd never read a Tom Holt novel before; hell, I had never even heard of the chap! All that has changed now and after reading this omnibus of material written almost a decade apart I have become a big Tom Holt fan.

The first book featured in the omnibus titled 'Who's Afraid of Beowulf?' tells the tale of how an American Archaeologist, thirteen bickering Norse warriors, two chess-playing spirits and a lowly BBC film crew attempt to thwart the powers of darkness...

The jokes come thick and fast and there are some truly laugh-out loud moments. The characters are nicely drawn and interact with each other, propelling what there is of the plot, forwards.

'My Hero' on the other hand features a larger, more diverse cast of characters. The plot is far more ambitious. The tone and pace of the piece is more dynamic and the writing in comparison to 'Beowulf' is more confident and assured.

There are a lot of neat ideas with regard to literary conventions. The story involves many famous literary characters getting themselves marooned in the real and other imaginary worlds. Holt describes the physics of literature (complete and utter nonsense!) well and this sets up some nice encounters with such figures as Captain Kirk, Mr Darcy, Sherlock Holmes and Toad of Toad Hall.

Once read, you get the impression that Mr Holt had great fun writing this - almost as much as I had reading it. Buy it now!!!

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