The Mechanical Messiah and Other Marvels of the Modern Age: A Novel

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Robert Rankin is one of the great British eccentrics, standing alongside Viv Stanshall, Spike Milligan and Neil Innes, amongst others. 'To call Rankin irreverent doesn't begin to describe just how very good he is at playing with the rules', says the Mirror, while The Daily Express says: 'Everybody should read at least one Robert Rankin in their life' - and it's right. The Independent maintains: 'He is an author best read in large doses. His impressively individual style means that he becomes funnier the more you read him', The Observer admires ' the stark raving genius of Rankin...the plot comes together with alarming and deformed brilliance' and the Mail on Sunday claims 'Rankin does for England what Spike Milligan does for Ireland. There can be no higher praise'. Maxim calls him 'Fiendishly clever and joyously funny...a brilliant imagination', and SFX think he's 'Oscar Wilde meets Kurt Vonnegut in the genetics lab of classic fantasy humour'. The newest opus from the Master of Far Fetched Fiction will enhance his reputation even further: it's time to stop Rankin being a hidden gem and make him the National Treasure his fans already believe him to be.

Robert Rankin is an unrepentant Luddite who writes his bestselling novels by hand in exercise books. He is one our Great British Eccentrics.

"It's easy to see why Rankin has a huge cult following. Drawing on a rich vein of English humour that encompasses Python, Adams and Stanshall, his comedy-fantasies are filled with pop culture references, music hall wordplay and ironic quips galore." "BBC FOCUS" on "The Japanese Devil Fish Girl and Other Unnatural Attractions"" "Rankin's traditionally in-your-face humour is fully in evidence in Retromancer, gearing it up to 11 and rarely, if ever, letting go of the reader's attention. We loved it and we suspect that you might too." "SciFi Now" on "Retromancer""