Book 95: "The Da-Da-De-Da-Da Code" by Robert Rankin
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kittiwakeAnd Jonny shone the torch before him and found that little hatchway affair, switched off the torch and removed the hatchway affair. The hatchway affair lay behind a portrait of Sir Henry Crawford, many times great-granddaddy of the recently deceased James. This portrait hung over the fireplace in Princess Amelia's sitting room. And the little hatchway removed the eyes from the portrait, to be replaced by the eyes of Jonny Hooker. Just like in those old-fashioned movies, which sometimes starred Bob Hope. And didn't you always want to live in a house with a secret passage and a big portrait with the removable eyes that you could peer from behind, all secretive-like?
You didn't? Well, shame upon you.
Jonny Hooker always had, and he was loving this.
In this book is much concerning Robert Johnson, who met the devil at the crossroads and sold his soul in return for becoming the world's greatest guitarist, and also much concerning the the Air Loom Gang and their influencing machine. But mainly it is the story of Jonny Hooker (guitarist in a local rock band, escaped mental patient , suspected murderer and fake park ranger) and the trouble he gets into when he decides to enter a competition to solve the Da-Da-De-Da-Da code.
The story is set in Brentford, in and around Gunnersbury Park, a local authority run public park that was once home to the Rothschilds, and the lady in the straw hat makes an appearance, along with Jonny's invisible friend Mr. Giggles, two park rangers called Kenneth Connor and Charles Hawtrey (not that Kenneth Connor and Charles Hawtrey), a police constable with a rocket launcher, and a very odd pub landlord.
One of Robert Rankin's best in my opinion.
'I've got Gunnersbury Park up on the screen now and, yep, looks clear of people, just some little heat signatures. Here, ah, yes. I can zoom in. Squirrels. Squirrels in the trees. How cool is this?'
Constable Rogers agreed that it was cool.
After all, squirrels are cool.
Everyone knows that.
They're not just rats with good PR.
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You didn't? Well, shame upon you.
Jonny Hooker always had, and he was loving this.
In this book is much concerning Robert Johnson, who met the devil at the crossroads and sold his soul in return for becoming the world's greatest guitarist, and also much concerning the the Air Loom Gang and their influencing machine. But mainly it is the story of Jonny Hooker (guitarist in a local rock band, escaped mental patient , suspected murderer and fake park ranger) and the trouble he gets into when he decides to enter a competition to solve the Da-Da-De-Da-Da code.
The story is set in Brentford, in and around Gunnersbury Park, a local authority run public park that was once home to the Rothschilds, and the lady in the straw hat makes an appearance, along with Jonny's invisible friend Mr. Giggles, two park rangers called Kenneth Connor and Charles Hawtrey (not that Kenneth Connor and Charles Hawtrey), a police constable with a rocket launcher, and a very odd pub landlord.
One of Robert Rankin's best in my opinion.
'I've got Gunnersbury Park up on the screen now and, yep, looks clear of people, just some little heat signatures. Here, ah, yes. I can zoom in. Squirrels. Squirrels in the trees. How cool is this?'
Constable Rogers agreed that it was cool.
After all, squirrels are cool.
Everyone knows that.
They're not just rats with good PR.
