The Fandom of the Operator

by Robert Rankin

Book Overview

'To call Rankin irreverent doesn't begin to describe just how good he is at playing with the rules' MIRROR

Gary Cheese is twenty-two years of age and works for British Telecom as an operator. Gary's hobbies include watching TV, walking his dog Princey, going down the pub with his mates, and attempting to re-animate the dead. He hasn't been having too much success with the latter so far. But Gary's heard a rumour. According to this bloke...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0552148970
• ISBN13: 9780552148979
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Flamingo
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

audio version is a must have

I agree with another reviewer... I listened to the audio version, his dry wit and sarcasm came across in a way that I'm not sure would have by reading it in print, especially since Rankin is the speaker as well. I highly recommend the audio version over print. I wish more of his books were available in audio, in fact!

Not awesome, not bad either. You got a couple of hours?

Robert Rankin's books are kind of like a really good BBC television show. Superficially, they don't take a lot of brainpower to comprehend, they're hysterically funny, and there are really only like, six characters in the whole series. Conversely, the real reason they're so funny is because there's a core of intelligence and education to them that one rarely sees in American media. I've actually learned quite a few interesting things in researching offhand jokes about obscure historical characters, for instance. All in all, I'd never call any of his novels life-changing gems of intellectualism, but I'm always pretty glad that I've read them.

Try the Audiobook!

I borrowed this from the library as an audiobook before a roadtrip and loved it. I think though, being an American and prone to reading things with an American's timing, rather than a Brit's, that I would have missed the humor had I not heard it read by the author. This book is funny, but exponentially more funny read aloud by Rankin. Reading it to myself, I would have likely rated it much lower, as I think I'd have mistimed the delivery.