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The Suburban Book Of The Dead
The Suburban Book Of The Dead
Nov 11, 2025 7:03 PM

Author:Robert Rankin

The Suburban Book Of The Dead

AT LAST!

The much-longed-for final part of the stupendous ARMAGEDDON trilogy.

And so it came to pass that on 27 July 2061 in the land of Eden, the money-free Utopia, Rex Mundi did toil mightily in his back garden. And he did excavate a cesspit like unto the one which his wife Christeen - the daughter of God and the twin sister of Christ - had been giving him GBH of the earholes regarding the need for therewith.

And verily in the midst of his labours did Rex's spade strike a buried object of not inconsiderable size.

And lo. It were a marble statue of Elvis Presley.

Oh yes siree!

For Elvis looms large here, much to Rex's discomfort, which is further increased when he discovers that the walls of Jericho fell to the strains of 'It's Now or Never' and that David slew the dwarf Goliath wearing blue suede shoes. When Rex is confronted with The Singular Case of the Purloined Presliana, and the Luminous Order of the Sacred Sprout, he realises things are getting out of control...

Reviews

[Rankin] does for England what Spike Milligan does for Ireland. There can be no higher praise

—— Mail on Sunday

'Everybody should read at least one Robert Rankin in their life'

—— Daily Express

Strikingly effective

—— The Times

A brutal, harrowing, desperately sincere piece of writing

—— Sunday Times

Impressive . . . Rutherfurd has indeed embraced all of Russia

—— The Washington Post

Russka succeeds where [other books] of trendy Soviet-watching have failed ... Rutherfurd can take his place among an elite cadre of chroniclers such as Harold Lamb, Maurice Hindus and Henri Troyat

—— San Francisco Chronicle

Fast moving ... Rutherfurd believes in adding color and adventure to facts that are exhaustively researched, making history palatable if not delicious

—— Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Sprawling ... Rutherfurd's close observation of Russia's religious and ethnic diversity gives this epic a distinctive flavor

—— Publishers Weekly

Rutherfurd literally personifies history

—— New York Daily News
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