General Information
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 Title:                  Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse
 Author:                 Robert Rankin
 Read By:                Robert Rankin
 Copyright:              2002
 Audiobook Copyright:    2002
 Genre:                  Speech
 Abridged:               No

File Information
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 Number of MP3s:         33
 Total Duration:         12:16:46
 Total MP3 Size:         211.13
 Parity Archive:         Yes
 Encoded At:             CBR 40 kbit/s 44100 Hz Mono
 ID3 Tags:               Set, v1.1, v2.3

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Book Description
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Like a mad toymaker's fever dream, Rankin's uproarious book imagines 
a town where toys and nursery rhymes come to life and pursue human activities: 
they walk, talk, eat, drink and commit heinous crimes. Thirteen-year-old 
Jack goes to the City to find his fortune, unaware that the City is 
in fact Toy City, where legends and fables walk (or stumble, if they've 
had too much to drink). He meets up with detective teddy bear Eddie, 
who is investigating the murder of Humpty Dumpty. When Little Boy Blue 
is offed, it's clear that a serial killer is prowling Toy City, leaving 
behind the titular chocolate bunnies as his calling card. Rankin doesn't 
just drop names of familiar characters but gives them riotous back stories: 
Miss Muffett hosts a daytime TV talk show called "The Tuffet"; Mother 
Goose (who prefers to be called Madame Goose) runs a brothel; Humpty 
Dumpty was likely a failed television stuntman named Terry Horsey. Although 
the story is wickedly clever and the payoff is a great and satisfying 
surprise, the real delight comes from watching Rankin work his linguistic 
magic: characters talk in hilariously circular and self-aware dialogue, 
and puns and wordplay are packed into the prose like sardines in a tin. 
Although substantially darker and edgier than the Hitchhiker's series, 
this gem will appeal to Douglas Adams fans, as well as lovers of British 
humor in general.
