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Corgi
03 May 2002

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Fantasy; Humorous Fantasy

Advanced telecommunications technology offers first ever hotline to the dead...

'To call Rankin irreverent doesn't begin to describe just how good he is at playing with the rules' MIRROR

Gary Cheese is twenty-two years of age and works for British Telecom as an operator. Gary's hobbies include watching TV, walking his dog Princey, going down the pub with his mates, and attempting to re-animate the dead. He hasn't been having too much success with the latter so far. But Gary's heard a rumour. According to this bloke he met down the pub, there exists certain telecommunications technology that can actually let you speak to the dead. Apparently it's been in operation for years. FLATLINE, it's called, a chatline to the dead. They ran all these ads on the TV a few years ago to prepare the public for it. Those ones about having a one-to-one with famous dead people. But it seems something went very wrong- the dead had certain things to say to the living that the powers that be couldn't allow to be heard. Or something. Apparently. Gary's determined to find out the truth. Gary's a bit of a fan boy and Gary really wants to speak to all of his dead heroes. And Gary will have the time of his life when he talks to the dead.

By: Robert Rankin
Imprint: Corgi
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 178mm, Width: 106mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 180g
ISBN: 9780552148979
ISBN 10: 0552148970
Pages: 389
Publication Date: 03 May 2002
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Robert Rankin is the author of Web Site Story, Waiting for Godalming, Sex and Drugs and Sausage Rolls, Snuff Fiction, Apocalypso, The Dance of the Voodoo Handbag, Sprout Mask Replica, Nostradamus Ate My Hamster, A Dog Called Demolition, The Garden of Unearthly Delights, The Most Amazing Man Who Ever Lived, The Greatest Show Off Earth, Raiders of the Lost Car Park, The Book of Ultimate Truths, the Armageddon quartet (three books), and the Brentford trilogy (five books) which are all published by Corgi Books. Robert Rankin's latest novel, The Fandom of the Operator, is now available as a Doubleday hardback. For more information on Robert Rankin and his books, see his website at www.lostcarpark.com/sproutlore

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'He becomes funnier the more you read him' Independent 'Everybody should read at least one Robert Rankin in their life' Daily Express 'One of the rare guys who can always make me laugh' -- Terry Pratchett 'Robert Rankin is uniquely off-the-wall, unparalleled in his eccentricity: there's no other comic fantasy author like him' -- Amazon.co.uk

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