People, knowing my fondness for and broad knowledge about books, often ask, which are the most remarkable books I've ever read. And after a lot of sophisticated remarks about classic novels, some good sips of brandy and furious critique of the post-modern literature, I always recommend to have a look at a certain Mister Rankin from London.
Actually, neither of the above is true, but I've read some odd books and among the most extraordinary books I've read are those of Robert Rankin and at the moment I'm reading his The Da Da De Da Da Code, so this is where I got the idea to tell you about this. It's pretty hard or actually impossible to describe Rankins books, so I suppose you just read them yourselves. The Brentford Trilogy, the Cornelius Murphy Trilogy (consisting of The Book of Ultimate Truths, Raiders of the Lost Car Park and The Most Amazing man Who Ever Lived), The Witches of Chiswick or The Brightonomicon might all be a good starting point.
But beware, you might consider it good advice to read one of Rankin's many biographies or have a look at the man himself first.
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