Author:Robert Rankin
Amazing, but true: Brentford Town Council, in an act of supreme public-spiritedness (and a great big wodge of folding stuff from a mysterious benefactor) has agreed to host the next Olympic Games. The plans have been drawn up, contracts, money and promises are changing hands. Norman's designed some stunning kit for the home team, and even the Flying Swan's been threatened with a major refit (gasp!). But something is very wrong...primeval forces are stirring in ancient places...dark magic is afoot in Brentford and someone must save the world from overpowering evil...
...Jim Pooley and John Omally, come on down!
This must be the daring duo's toughest assignment yet. No longer can they weigh up the situation over a pint of large at random moments during the day. No, this time, to save the world as we know it, the lads must contemplate - nay, undertake - the most horrible, the most terrifying, the heretofore untried - REGULAR EMPLOYMENT!!!
'A very funny book...A brilliant and exceedingly well written series'
—— Colin Munro , InterzoneManning writes always with a poet's care for words and it is her usual distinction of style and construction that lifts the novel- far, far above the average run
—— ObserverThe most considerable of our women novelists
—— Anthony BurgessBooks like this one succeed...in drawing our emotions into politics. What will remain is the plain bravery of his characters...their struggle has found an honest chronicler
—— Daily TelegraphAndre Brink's writing is built on conviction...A Dry White Season describes the triumph of tyranny
—— The TimesExuberant... for those who like their wines full-bodied and their meals rich and zesty... earthly secrets of strength, suffering, passion and cooking in a humorous and well-drawn portrait of a woman who loves as well as she cooks
—— Washington PostSubverts macho morality with refreshingly unexpected narrative twists magical realism... pacing that rivals Romancing the Stone
—— Maureen FreelyAn enchanting book, an open-eyed fairy story
—— Barbara TrapidoWonderful... hard to put down... it is rare to come across a book so unusual
—— Steve Vines , South China Morning Post
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