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The Fandom Of The Operator

Robert Rankin author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Transworld Publishers Ltd

Published:1st Apr '02

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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 a bit of a fan boy and Gary really wants to speak to all of his dead heroes.

'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.

'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

ISBN: 9780552148979

Dimensions: 178mm x 106mm x 23mm

Weight: 180g

368 pages