tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448581132479481740.post4972549418928259756..comments2024-03-25T11:29:25.356-04:00Comments on Existential Ennui: Lewes Book Bargains: Signed First Editions of Robert Rankin's The Witches of Chiswick, Ian Rankin's A Question of Blood, and Joseph Wambaugh's Hollywood StationNick Jones (Louis XIV, the Sun King)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17716508525331235684noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448581132479481740.post-69434258239383705582011-08-24T04:14:34.596-04:002011-08-24T04:14:34.596-04:00Thanks, Mark! I'll give this one a go, but I&#...Thanks, Mark! I'll give this one a go, but I'll keep an eye out for The Antipope.<br /><br />Thanks for the comment, Michelle! I must say, your blog is a cut above. I've added it to my Other Fine Blogs sidebar.Nick Jones (Louis XIV, the Sun King)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17716508525331235684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448581132479481740.post-85438241465704832942011-08-23T20:12:47.755-04:002011-08-23T20:12:47.755-04:00What?! Robert Rankin doesn't live in Brentford...What?! Robert Rankin doesn't live in Brentford? I am outraged. <br /><br />Not really. I DO really want to get a copy of this book, though. I've just checked Amazon and am ecstatic to discover his stuff is available in the US, and not only that, it's available for the Kindle too! Years ago a boyfriend got me into his books by insisting that I read the Brentford Trilogy. I'm glad he did, and I'm glad you posted this - Rankin is an author who's fallen off my radar in recent years and now I want to go and get hold of each and every book of his that I've missed!Indolent Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16723617894273789407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448581132479481740.post-26104366664467248982011-08-23T10:25:36.173-04:002011-08-23T10:25:36.173-04:00I've read The Witches of Chiswick having read ...I've read The Witches of Chiswick having read Robert Rankin's first series of books, The Brentford Trilogy (which, like Douglas Adams, completely failed to understand what the word "trilogy" meant ;-). I have to say I found Chiswick disjointed and in need of a good editor (much like Terry Pratchett's Unseen Academicals). You can see a feverish amount of ideas all struggling to be told in full, but the plot lacks an order to properly place all the jokes and references. Whilst his early books seem to skip all over the place there was a coherent direction both in the plot and characterisation. I hope you get a good read out of it though, but if not I highly recommend The Antipope.Mark Dibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05611431496810946422noreply@blogger.com