Falling Sideways by Tom Holt
From the moment Homo Sapiens descended from the trees, possibly onto their heads, humanity has striven for civilization. Fire. The Wheel. Running away from furry things with big teeth. All would be testament to man's ascendancy; if one man didn't believe every civilization is actually run by frogs.
Few would deny that Tom Holt is breathing down the neck of Terry Pratchett when it comes to bestselling comic fantasyHolt may not possess the manic, surrealistic edge that distinguishes Pratchett's Discworld books, but he offers his own very individual brand of madly logical humour, and such books as Snow White and the Seven Samurai show a comic writer at full stretch. In Falling Sideways, Holt takes on the origins of civilisation. While man's ultimate ascendancy has stretched from the first homo sapiens descending from the trees to nations destroying each other, there is little doubt that humanity is the progenitor of every great civilisation. Wrong. Holt's hero believes he has discovered the real (and hideous) truth: that every great civilisation in history has, rather embarrassingly, been founded, run and then cunningly manipulated by a small gang of devious frogs. Each logical absurdity is piled upon the last with satisfying regularity.
Tom Holt is the author of such comic fantasy classics as WHO'S AFRAID OF BEOWULF?, EXPECTING SOMEONE TALLER, OVERTIME, WISH YOU WERE HERE and SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN SAMURAI.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781841490878 |
| ISBN 10 | 1841490873 |
| Title | Falling Sideways |
| Author | Tom Holt |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2002-01-17 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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