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The Antipope
Robert Rankin
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Description for The Antipope
paperback. This story uncovers suburbia's darkest secrets - mostly in The Flying Swan, a cosmic Rovers Return where Neville the barman and Archroy, owner of five magic beans, do battle with beasts of the occult and in particular the rather unpleasant Pope Alexander VI, the last of the Borgias. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FL; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 109 x 18. Weight in Grams: 154.
'Outside the sun shines. Buses rumble towards Ealing Broadway and I'm expected to do battle with the powers of darkness. It all seems a little unfair...'
You could say it all started with the red-eyed tramp with the slimy fingers who put the wind up Neville, the part-time barman, something rotten. Or when Archroy's wife swapped his trusty Morris Minor for five magic beans while he was out at the rubber factory.
On the other hand, you could say it all started a lot earlier. Like 450 years ago, when Borgias walked the earth.
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Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Corgi
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780552138413
SKU
9780552138413
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
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About Robert Rankin
Robert Rankin is the author of Web Site Story, Waiting for Godalming, Sex and Drugs and Sausage Rolls, Snuff Fiction, Apocalypso, The Dance of the Voodoo Handbag, Sprout Mask Replica, Nostradamus Ate My Hamster, A Dog Called Demolition, The Garden of Unearthly Delights, The Most Amazing Man Who Ever Lived, The Greatest Show Off Earth, Raiders of the Lost Car ... Read more
Reviews for The Antipope
'Wonderful...A heady mix of Flann O'Brien, Douglas Adams, Tom Sharpe and Ken Campbell, but with an inbuilt irreverence and indelicacy that is unique - and makes it the long-awaited, heavy smoker's answer to The Lord Of The Rings'
Time Out
'Wonderfully entertaining...reads like a Flann O'Brien rewrite of Close Encounters'
City Limits
Time Out
'Wonderfully entertaining...reads like a Flann O'Brien rewrite of Close Encounters'
City Limits