Knees Up Mother Earth

by Robert Rankin

Book Overview

Magic, time travel and football: not exactly your everyday combination - but the fate of mankind hangs upon the result. Of course. There's big trouble in little Brentford. Property developers are... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0575076496
• ISBN13: 9780575076495
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Orion Publishing Group
• Length: 439 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.4" x 7.1"

Customer Reviews

Wacky Romp

This is a wacky romp through the underbelly of British Football along with other creatures from the less savory dimensions. The heroes are ordinary. The situation is bizarre. The writing is irreverant, and the book is a delight. This was my first meeting with Mr. Rankin's work, but it will not be my last. Christine & Ethan Rose are the authors of the new fantasy series Rowan of the Wood

Very good

All the old characters come back for a good one. Read the early books first, but don't miss this one.

Brentford United!

I only have one gripe with this book! The Campbell's a good guy!?! I'm a MacDonald! Surely this must have been a typo by Mr Rankin? Aside from that, tis good, fun filled frivolity, copious in-jokes, straw hatted ladies, deamons threatening the Large drinking residents of Brentford with only O'Mally n Pooley to save them, with a little help from an aged Professor, H G Wells, the wisdom of Rune,and not to mention a sprout named Barry.. you get the idea. Cthulhu has a cameo role too, which pleased me, as last i heard he'd taken to hiding in phoneboxes and dialing up people at odd hours of the day! Nothing like a bit of taking over the world to get you back on track! All in all, tis a good read indeed, and well worth adding to your Rankin collection. If your new to Rankin, imagine Tom Sharpe with Ben Elton, then think of the combined creature being very drunk! Thats the spirit! You know theres wit, satire, politics, and crudity, it may give you a bad head, and perhaps mother would not approve... but, you know you want it anyway! Enjoy!

Generally funny

Knees Up Mother Earth concerns the forces of darkness and their attempts to gain control of Brentford football (soccer) ground, so they can bring about Apocalypse. Only two professional layabouts can save the world, by getting Brentford to win the FA cup. This is near-impossible, but the forces of darkness aren't about to let it happen. Then things get complicated, when all sorts of strangeness appears... Rankin likes in-jokes, wordplay, and general silliness, but it's not comedy, more sly humour. This isn't as good as some of his books, but it's not bad. It's a good break from more serious reading. This is the seventh in the Brentford trilogy and the second in the Witches of Chiswick of Trilogy, and though it's not necessary to have read either (you'll pick it up quickly enough) I recommend having read the Witches of Chiswick first.