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In the Footsteps of Harrison Dextrose (Paperback)

by Nick Griffiths (Author)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Legend Press Ltd; First edition (26 April 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1906558000
  • ISBN-13: 978-1906558000
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.4 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 278,344 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This book is cooler that David Hasselhoff in a room full of otters. --Popbitch.com

Boyish satire… boyish humour abounds --The Big Issue

The Gulliver's Travels for today's world --The Gardners Gazette

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It was my 18th birthday when I chanced upon Harrison Dextrose's The Lost Incompetent: a Bible for the Inept Traveller, little knowing that it would one day lead me to kill a man with a dead penguin... Inspired by explorer Harrison Dextrose s book a curmudgeonly account of travels through unfashionable lands in search of a lost drinking partner and Suzy Goodenough s carnal delights as the prize, Alexander Grey rolls off his sofa to follow in the acclaimed man s footsteps. This is no usual travel text, involving poodle-farming, the Frihedhag sisters, wilful consumerism, an unwanted but undaunted sidekick, one too many rodents and the 24-hour Iditamush sled race, starring a sausage dog. And along the way, Alexander may, or may not, help to save the world. It s that kind of a trip.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A real gem. You will laugh. A lot, 6 May 2008
By Laura Gahan (UK) - See all my reviews
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I picked this up not knowing a thing about it, but it had a great quote from Popbitch on the cover - plus I loved the author's previous work 'Dalek I Loved You.'

An intriguing opening line, I was hooked from the start. Beware reading this in public if you are of a sensitive disposition - you will laugh out loud. A lot. I can't remember any other book doing this apart from `Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' - which this book has echoes of. With shades of `Gulliver's Travels'. Plus a hint of Bill Bryson. And - is that a gag from `Withnail and I' thrown in there?

You don't quite know whether to love/hate/feel very sorry for the main character Alex, but you are instantly drawn into his quest and his strange world of midgets and Freidhags - you are with him every step of the journey.

In a world which is kind of like ours and kind of not, there are parodies of many aspects of our culture and different countries. But it never drags, romping on though sled dog races and innumerable challenges to the final scene, which will definitely leave you wanting more.

This author has a very strange mind! It's definitely not fantasy, it's not a travel book, its not science fiction - it really is a one off gem, which I was despondent to have to put down when I'd finished. Bring on the sequel!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Comic, challenging and charming - Read this book!, 29 May 2008
Before you begin reading this book let me reassure you that there's no need to panic - there is a sequel. You will only need to read the first chapter to appreciate this piece of information because, by that point, you will already have been sucked into the world of Alexander Grey and Harrison Dextrose and be loath to leave it.

The author has managed a neat trick with `In the footsteps..'; the outward silliness is underpinned with a razor sharp intelligence that raises this novel way above an enjoyable but transient read to an intellectually challenging piece of work that on every re-reading reveals another layer of meaning. For all that this is an exuberant and fun novel, it is no throwaway beach read.

And it's funny! Properly funny, laugh-out-loud-on-a-train funny - people may move away from you on public transport, but you won't care. And you'll probably miss your stop too. This is the most negative thing I can say about this book; read it when you're travelling and you'll add half an hour to every journey as you trek back to where you meant get off. Griffiths' has a real flair for comic names as well as comic situations - from the title character to Detritos the dwarf - that are both funny and extremely clever. But it's not all laughs; I defy any reader not to be moved when Alexander has his tree sprite friend, Wilf, round for dinner.

Nick Griffiths is an extremely talented writer; the narrative is lively and engaging, pulling you through the novel. And as for his characters - the situations that he places them in may be fantastical but they are blessed with such recognisable human flaws that you can't help but care about them.

Buy this book. Then buy it for your friends. Then for your enemies. And then possibly for strangers in the street. You'll be spreading a little bit of joy in the world.

`In the footsteps of Harrison Dextrose' - should replace the Bible in every hotel room.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An entertaining read, 24 Jun 2008
By L. A. Duddell "Dudds" (The chilly North East of England) - See all my reviews
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In the Footsteps of.... is one of the most entertaining and funny books I've read since finishing my last Douglas Adams.

What kind of mind can imagine, let alone scribe (er... type), such a fantastic and continually witty story?

I ACTUALLY laughed out loud - yes, really - and in public. How shameful and un-british.

If you have a sense of humour and an imagination read this. If you don't then don't.



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