The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse
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| Author | Robert Rankin |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Fantasy novel |
| Publisher | Gollancz |
| Released | 2002 |
| Media Type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
| Pages | 352 pp (hardcover edition) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-575-07313-6 (hardcover edition) |
| Followed by | The Toyminator |
The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies Of The Apocalypse is a novel by the British author Robert Rankin that incorporates elements of fantasy and science fiction. It is set in Toy City (formerly Toy Town), a place where toys are alive and the characters from nursery rhymes are local celebrities.
[edit] Blurb
Once upon a time Jack set out to seek his fortune in the big city - but when Jack finally gets there, it is Toy City, formerly known as Toy Town. And there is a serial killer loose upon the streets. One by one, the old, rich nursery rhyme characters are being brutally slaughtered. The Toy City police are getting nowhere; Bill Winkie, Private Eye, has also mysteriously vanished, leaving only his sidekick, Eddie Bear, to take care of business. But Eddie's ready, and when he teams up with Jack, the two set out on an epic adventure. Not to mention a lot of heavy drinking, bad behavior, fast car chases, gratuitous sex and violence, bizarre toy fetishism and all-round grossness. Of a type not normally associated with Toy Town.
[edit] Trivia
- The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse is Rankin's 24th novel, and the first for his new publishers Gollancz.
- The novel is expanded from a throwaway line in Rankin's previous novel The Fandom of the Operator, which refers to recurring character Lazlo Woodbine investigating the murder of nursery rhyme characters in Toy City.
- The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse was the winner of the 2003 SFX Magazine Best Novel Award.
