I think I've read this. I'm not sure. All Rankin's non-Brentford-trilogy books kind of blur together in my head, for the very good reason that they are in fact all the same book, with some of the words re-arranged. Probably best read bombed out of your gourd, because that's how they were written. ( )

The third, and last, book of the Cornelius Murphy trilogy.

Hugo Rune, “the most amazing man who ever lived”, is definitely the nemesis of Cornelius Murphy and his friend Tuppe – who are the “stuff of epics”. This very imaginative clash of amazing people is also joined by cars that catch “mad car disease” and make themselves an interesting force to deal with. The fiction goes over the top in delightful ways.

Unlike Rankin's other trilogies which continue on well beyond the third book, this book does bring the series to a satisfying end. ( )