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by: Robert Rankin
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9780552143578
ISBN: 055214357X
Label: Transworld Publishers
Manufacturer: Transworld Publishers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 365
Publication Date: June 01, 1998
Publisher: Transworld Publishers
Sales Rank: 226504
Studio: Transworld Publishers
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Product Description:
'Jim took himself to his favourite bench before the Memorial Library. it was here, on this almost sacred spot, that Jim did most of his really heavyweight thinking. Here where he dreamed his dreams and made his plans...'
There is nothing more powerful than a bad idea whose time has come. And there can be few ideas less bad or more potentially apocalyptic than that hatched by genetic scientist Dr Steven Malone. Using DNA strands extracted from the dried blood on the Turin Shroud, Dr Malone is cloning Jesus. And not just a single Jesus, he's going for a full half-dozen so that each of the world's major religions can have one. It's a really bad idea.
In Brentford they've had a really good idea. They're holding the Millennial celebrations two years early to avoid the rush and it promises to be the party of this, or any other, century. Unless, of course, something REALLY BAD were to happen...
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - I wish I could read this wonderful sounding book
I have not read this book. Why? Although I ordered it in NOVEMBER 2005, I have yet to receive it! I have written many letters to no avail. However, I read another review for a product sold by Amazon that the purchaser had some problem with, and their problem got resolved when they wrote a bad review. That's all I'm trying to do here, really; simply get my problem resolved.
Rating:  - An extremely gripping read
For anyone who has read any of the Brentford trilogy this bookis simply a must. The adventures of Jim Pooley and John Omally yetagain never fail to completely abosrb and entertain the reader. Although some may find that what goes on in these novels are slightly far fetched this is the point entirely and the simple fact remains that it is entertainment of the highest degree. Robert Rankin describes himself as a teller of tall tales and this book is no exception, with a mad scientist making clones ... Read More
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