On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:04:54 +0200, Michael Kuettner wrote:

> blake murphy wrote:
>> On Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:02:44 +0200, Michael Kuettner wrote:
>>
>>> Kathleen wrote:
>>>> Michael Kuettner wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Kathleen wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Personally, I would get naked for Mark Twain or Terry Pratchett
>>>>>> (assuming the one wasn't dead and the other afflicted with rapid
>>>>>> onset Alzheimer's).
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Then you'd also might like to try Tom Sharpe and Douglas Adams.
>>>>
>>>> Been there, done that.
>>>
>>> Robert Rankin ?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Michael Kuettner
>>
>> don't know him. anything in particular that stands out?
>>
> Well, I'd recommend the Brentford trilogy.
> (The Antipope, East Of Ealing, The Brentford Triangle,
> The Sprouts Of Wrath and The Brentford Chainstore
> Massacre).
> If you like a mixture of everyday life in Britain and dadaistic
> fantasy, you'll like the books.
> The Times called Rankin "the James Joyce for the drinking man",
> AFAIR ;-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Michael Kuettner

o.k., noted. i hope "the James Joyce for the drinking man" means he's not
as abstruse as joyce was.

your pal,
blake