Product Description

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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #58971 in Books
• Published on: 1995-04-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

Customer Reviews

Hee Hee Hee
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.

Rankin at his inventive best
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.

An old charter...
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.