Cliquer sur une vignette pour aller sur Google Books.
Chargement... The Dance of the Voodoo Handbag (1998)par Robert Rankin
Aucun Chargement...
Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. I love when Rankin writes in the first person, and i love the character on lazlo woodbine. This book combines both beautifully, as usual rankin fills the book with bizarre plot twists, nonsensical happenings and a truck load of gags, one of the most recent rankin books i have read, which i am pleased about as the more you read of this author the more you enjoy his books. If you've never read Rankin before then here's an easy, if not bizarre, novel to start with. It's a standard save the world from the madman affair, except it's from the viewpoint of a deluded schizophrenic, in a world populated by equally odd misfits. What strings this toegther is Rankin's off-the-wall (and at times hilarious) musings on our universe (no subject to large to tackle) and a clever mix of technology and religion (although not in much of a serious way, this is Rankin after all). As you might expect there are a few recurring gags in there, just to ensure conisitency with his other books. It's a clever plotline (for once) and there's no gaping holes that are evident in some of his other stories. It's also not too long, another prevalent problem in a few of his books. This is spot one. Quirky, yet funny. Dark at times, slapstick at others. A book well worth the time. Appartient à la série
Surfing the Web? If Billy had looked a Anyone can do that! Why not little more carefully at Try something really radical? the small ad, he might Access the departed by body-boarding the never have sold his Necronet. grandma's soul to science.But he didn't, so he did. Never has it been more Easy. All you have to do is The cheque from NECROSOFT Enter the Soul bounced and all Billy got Database by taking a left-hand turn off the Information left in the old girl's will Super-Highway and was the handbag. The Voodoo Handbag. The talking You're there. In the Land Voodoo Handbag. The tales Of the Virtual Dead. Send for details today. it told Billy would change U know it makes sense. his life forever - and the lives of other people too.Those few who still had lives. In what must surely rank as his most extraordinary work to date, the Teller of Tall Tales has combined his extensive knowledge of the occult with his unique brand of savage humour to produce a Techno-Gothic masterpiece guaranteed to send shivers down the spines of PC users everywhere. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
Discussion en coursAucunCouvertures populaires
Google Books — Chargement... ÉvaluationMoyenne:
Est-ce vous ?Devenez un(e) auteur LibraryThing. |
This novel is a first person account with the author (or someone of the same name) as the main character. It also includes Voodoo gods, a Guardian Sprout (like an angel only vegetable based), and a madman bent on taking over the world. It is the second book in the “Completely Barking Mad” Trilogy, preceded by 'Sprout Mask Replica,' and followed by 'Waiting for Godalming.'
It’s hard to pick a genre for this book, let alone summarize the plot, but I’ll give both a try. For genre, I’d label it ‘comic science fantasy.’ It’s certainly funny. None of the characters comes within shouting distance of ‘sane,’ but it also includes a little light philosophical messing-with-your-head stuff and a few pokes at contemporary culture, which take it a step above pure slapstick. It has some high-tech virtual reality elements (Sci-Fi), as well as supernatural entities (fantasy). The plot, such as one exists, centers around an insane fellow who adopts different personalities to suit the occasion (and has a voice in his head named Barry) trying to stop a less obvious but far more dangerous lunatic from subjugating humanity -- or something like that. This is Rankin. It’s not really supposed to make a lot of sense.
What it lacks in plot and character development, it compensates for with pure zany antics, complete with a classic cartoon scene climax with a dropping piano and dynamite in the trousers. It reminded me of the movie, 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit.' Yeah, it’s juvenile, but it’s funny!
I’ll recommend this book simply because it’s fun, and fun is good.
( )