KNEES UP MOTHER EARTH
Book ID/图书代码： 10010004B07091
English Summary/英文概要： There’s big trouble in little Brentford. Property developers are planning to destroy the borough’s beloved football ground and build executive homes on the site. Shock! Outrage! Horror!
The lads of The Flying Swan, Brentford’s most celebrated drinking house, take up the challenge. Surely with these stalwarts working for the cause, Brentford’s football ground can be saved?
Would it were so, but this is Brentford and ancient forces of evil are forever stirring in the borough: Old Testament terrors, Lovecraftian loathsomes and beasties from the bottomless pit. And if the team make it through to the final, it’s going to be a match that no one will forget. What with the fate of mankind hanging upon the result. And everything.
Magic, time travel and football, not exactly your everyday combination - but the fate of mankind hangs upon the result. Of course.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： Brentford的足球場有危險了！因為建商準備將足球場改建成高級住宅，Brentford的居民必須想辦法阻止建商。於是Brentford最著名的酒吧--飛天鵝--裡，一群英勇的少年，義不容辭地接受了這個挑戰。酒吧老闆Norman想出了一條妙計，因為他發現了一台維多利亞時代的電腦，裡面還儲存了一些祕密計謀。而Archroy，這名持有遊艇的探險家，才剛完成了他第七次的航行，並帶回了傳說中的黃金羊毛。還有失業的單身漢Jim Pooley與John Omally、維多利亞時代的旅行者，這些英雄將一同拯救足球場。然而，Brentford裡的惡勢力卻不斷與他們對抗。足球場的命運會如何？這場對戰的結果又將如何呢？
Awards/获奖情况：’..the man is currently on a roll, producing some of his best work and KNEES UP MOTHER EARTH may even be his very best book yet.’---STARBURST MJ SImpson "Crazy, classic Rankin"---Daily Mirror
"Rankin’s blend of humour and originality is stamped all over it... guaranteed to keep you hooked. Another thoroughly enjoyable tale from Robert Rankin ---DREAMWATCH
"A very English form of insanity".---Jon Courtenay Grimwood GUARDIAN
"Knees Up Mother Earth finds itself standing tall in the company of the other titles of the now legendary Brentford collection. a fable so richly embroiled with hilarious word-play, literary tom-foolery and ingeniously crafted narrative, you might consider anyone else’s offerings prosaic by comparison. Laughing uncontrollably will only be the half of it."---ALIEN ON LINE
About the Author/作者介绍： Robert Fleming Rankin (born July 27, 1949) is a prolific British humorous novelist. Born in Parsons Green, London, he started writing in the late 1970s, and first entered the bestsellers lists with Snuff Fiction in 1999. His books are a mix of science fiction, fantasy, the occult, urban legends, running gags, metafiction, steampunk and outrageous characters. According to the (largely fictional) biography printed in some Corgi editions of his books, Rankin refers to his style as ’Far Fetched Fiction’ in the hope that bookshops will let him have a section to himself. Many of Rankin’s books are bestsellers. Most of Rankin’s books are set in Brentford, a suburb of London where the author grew up, and which, in his novels, is usually infested with ancient evil and/or alien conspiracies.
Robert Fleming Rankin 1949年生於倫敦，1970年開始投入寫作，為英國著名的幽默小說家。Rankin在1997年與2006年，分別以The Brentford Chainstore Massacre及The Brightonomicon獲英國奇幻文學協會最佳小說獎提名(British Fantasy Society Best Novel)。2003年，更以The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse奪得英國權威科幻期刊《SFX雜誌》的最佳小說獎。
他的小說背景大多設在倫敦市郊Brentford，情節也多與古老的惡魔或外星人的陰謀有關。由於Rankin筆下的人物，夾雜著科幻、神秘、城市傳說的驚悚等多重特質，他自稱自己的寫作風格為Far Fetched Fiction(有趣卻又帶有些許黑暗面的小說)，不但使人難以傳統的文類來定義他的小說，更讓他成為暢銷作家。
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