- Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: Gollancz (Feb 3 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0575085487
- ISBN-13: 978-0575085480
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 222 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #660,305 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Although the American fondness for British humor is well-documented, this demented musical conspiracy thriller from U.K. comic fantasist Rankin (The Toyminator) doesn't quite make the leap. Jonny Hooker, a 27-year-old musician tormented by hallucinations, wins a competition and is told to collect his prize at da-da-de-da-da. Now he must solve the Da-da-de-da-da Code, helped only by his imaginary friend, Mr. Giggles the Monkey Boy. Jonny soon winds up in a mental hospital, but that doesn't stop him from pursuing the puzzle. En route he encounters the secret cabal that rules the world and learns why all the best rock musicians die at age 27. Despite some truly inspired bits scattered throughout, Rankin comes across as more condescending than ironic and more disorganized than surrealist. (Feb.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Review
"One of the rare guys who can always make me laugh." —Terry Pratchett, author, Discworld series
"Attention-deficit SF humor: like Douglas Adams on a sugar high.” —Kirkus Reviews on The Witches of Chiswick
"Rankin's whimsically dense sing-song patter reads like Douglas Adams crossed with Aaron Sorkin by way of Mother Goose." —Entertainment Weekly on The Witches of Chiswick
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3.5 out of 5 stars (6 customer reviews)
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Robert Rankin manic humor., May 22 2010
By Eamonn T. Smyth - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: The Da-Da-de-Da-Da Code [With CD] (Hardcover)
I have been for some time a fan of Robert Rankin and he never fails to entertain,and he does it again with off beat manic homour and a sense of the absurb.His characters are beliveable as sometime in our lives we have met them or know of them. I cant wait till the next manic installment.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Don't Read This, April 3 2008
By D. S. Wellhauser - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: The Da-Da-de-Da-Da Code [With CD] (Hardcover)
Horrible. I'm a big Rankin fan but this was the worst of his book that I have read. The best I've read is Brightonomicon...far, far superior.DA DA was flat, stale jokes, boring characters, too long, too zany without tying it all together in the end. It had its moments but they were few and far between.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Typical Rankin, Mar 13 2012
By Malys Aforethought - Published on Amazon.com
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Although I would like to have more of Rankin's books available in the U.S. in Kindle format, I didn't enjoy this as much as I had anticipated. I more easily predicted what would happen next than I did with other novels. I still enjoyed this adventure into the strange and ferociously British.
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