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Digging Up Donald (Hardcover)
by Steven Pirie (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 344 pages
  • Publisher: Immanion Press (1 Jul 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1904853110
  • ISBN-13: 978-1904853114
  • Product Dimensions: 23 x 16 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,160,282 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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It’s the end of the world in Mudcaster, and the mother is beset by family troubles – Maureen's unborn babies have been stolen by demons in the night, and Robert has taken to playing with dead Uncle Norman. The father is talking to his pot plants, again, which wouldn’t be so bad had the mother not heard them answering back.

In dark times, the mother knows that only by drawing the family together, the living and the dead, may they overcome the trials of Ending. Together they are strong; divided they are weak.

Aunt Maude is easy to find, she was cremated just the year before. But others, like Cousin Hilderbrand, who had his brain confiscated by medical science, before he’d finished with it some said, prove more difficult. The real ancients are little more than rumours in their boxes. The family must deal with troublesome dead, demons, and worse still – the living – in order to save the day.

Digging up Donald is a gentle comedy – no demons were harmed in its writing.

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It's the end of the world in Mudcaster, and the mother is beset by family troubles - Maureen's unborn babies have been stolen by demons in the night, and Robert has taken to playing with dead Uncle Norman. The father is talking to his pot plants, again, which wouldn't be so bad had the mother not heard them answering back. In dark times, the mother knows that only by drawing the family together, the living and the dead, may they overcome the trials of Ending. Together they are strong; divided they are weak. Aunt Maude is easy to find, she was cremated just the year before. But others, like Cousin Hilderbrand, who had his brain confiscated by medical science, before he'd finished with it some said, prove more difficult. The real ancients are little more than rumours in their boxes. The family must deal with troublesome dead, demons, and worse still - the living - in order to save the day. Digging up Donald is a gentle comedy - no demons were

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars You'll Dig This Book, 5 Aug 2004
Imagine if Victoria Wood had allowed her prodigious comic talent to head in a darker direction; one that involved the occult, the Final Conflict, demons, the restless dead, heroic Chosen Ones...and an immensely powerful, er, fish. If Ms Wood had taken this creative path then instead of Dinner Ladies, she might have written something like Digging Up Donald.

Something "like" Digging Up Donald, because any comparison or speculation can only give you a hint of the originality and cunning humour you encounter in Steven Pirie's writing.

Like all good writers, Mr Pirie has a distinct "voice". From the first page of Digging Up Donald, you are aware of entering a different world. There are many things you will recognise; but this is not a place you have been before.

The humour is relentless: usually gentle, though frequently laugh-out-loud funny too. And behind it all is a quiet, serious message about the enduring nature of "family values". These are not narrow, repressive or censorious, however; Mr Pirie's family values are inclusive, tolerant and very human. They hold that the common-place and homely can harbour an extraordinary magical power. Ultimately - and I hope I'm not giving too much away - the novel celebrates the redeeming power of the imagination.

Mr Pirie's style is a delight. The apparent simplicity is a vehicle for some incisive poetic touches. Sandwiches "sulk"; there are "vulture dusks"; and when the sun sets, the rims of clouds burn like "a golden rupture in a sky stained crimson and bloody".

So, all in all, and if I haven't made myself clear yet - Digging Up Donald is a brilliant read. Buy it. You won't be disappointed.

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