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Norman's dad fell out of the sky and flattened him. Norman doesn't want to work at The Universal Reincarnation Company and it's God's fault. If He hadn't closed down Hell, then Heaven wouldn't have got overcrowded and they wouldn't have built the extension, and the URC wouldn't be recycling souls.Tags
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The third, and last, book of the Cornelius Murphy trilogy.
Hugo Rune, “the most amazing man who ever lived”, is definitely the nemesis of Cornelius Murphy and his friend Tuppe – who are the “stuff of epics”. This very imaginative clash of amazing people is also joined by cars that catch “mad car disease” and make themselves an interesting force to deal with. The fiction goes over the top in delightful ways.
Unlike Rankin's other trilogies which continue on well beyond the third book, this book does bring the series to a satisfying end.
Hugo Rune, “the most amazing man who ever lived”, is definitely the nemesis of Cornelius Murphy and his friend Tuppe – who are the “stuff of epics”. This very imaginative clash of amazing people is also joined by cars that catch “mad car disease” and make themselves an interesting force to deal with. The fiction goes over the top in delightful ways.
Unlike Rankin's other trilogies which continue on well beyond the third book, this book does bring the series to a satisfying end.
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- Original publication date
- 1995
- People/Characters
- Cornelius Murphy; Tuppe; Hugo Rune; Jim Pooley; John Omally
- Dedication
- For the most amazing man who ever published me. All hail to Mr Patrick Janson-Smith
Dedicated to my son Robert
"THE STUFF OF EPICS"
For his love and kindness.
You make your old Dad proud. - First words
- 'And then I shall leap from the east pier and be borne aloft by these wings.' Norman the elder made an expansive guesture which Norman the younger found most encouraging.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And he did.
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