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Necrophenia (2008)

by Robert Rankin(Favorite Author)

3.46 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0575082402 (ISBN13: 9780575082403)

languge

English

genre

Paranormal Fantasy

publisher

Gollancz

review 1: I am a HUGE Rankin fan, but this one was a little hard to get to grips with (and believe me I have read everything else he has done, and normally find it quite easy to be transported into his bizarre, far-fetched fiction...) I think if you get past the first half which didn't really engage me and get right down to the talking of toot, and the chewing of the fat it gets better. But I was a little disappointed in this one.Still won't stop me reading anything else he does - his earlier stuff is a joy... And I trust there's more to come from him yet...
review 2: Not the best book by Rankin, he seems to have gotten less funny with age, though his ability to go off on amazing tangents that don't interrupt the plot, rather they contribute by the end, hasn't fainted aw... moreay at all. However, his lyric writing abilities seems to be on par with the best and any mention of George Formby wins triple thumbs up. And zombies. It was still highly amusing and his wicked sense of running gags was on top form here, but I wouldn't suggest reading this one as a starter for Rankin, try The Brightonomicon (which gets a reference in here, too, as does the man himself. Rankin knows how to self promote better than anyone, O master of Far-fetched Fiction that he is). less

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