"One of the rare guys who can always make me laugh"? Sir Terry Pratchett

"Stark, raving genius"? The Observer

"He becomes funnier the more you read him"? The Independent

"Douglas Adams on a sugar high"? Kirkus

"A heady mix of Flann O'Brien, Douglas Adams, Tom Sharpe and Ken Campbell, but with an inbuilt irreverence and indelicacy that is unique - and makes it the long-awaited, heavy smoker's answer to The Lord Of The Rings' ? Time Out

NEW REVISED EDITION FOR 2026

THE SECOND NOVEL IN THE "COMPLETELY BARKING MAD" TRILOGY

Starring Barry the ever popular sprout in the head.

Billy Barnes is the world's most ruthless man. He keeps his granny in a suitcase under his bed and is feeding her piece by piece to The Voodoo Handbag.

Henry Doors is the world's richest man and his company Necrosoft doesn't just market computer software, it now sells immortality. All you have to do is sell your soul to science.

Lazlo Woodbine is the world's greatest 1950s genre private eye. He works only the four locations. An office where clients come to call. A bar where he drinks the drink and talks the toot. An alley where he gets into sticky situations. And a rooftop where he has the final confrontation with the villain. And Laz is on the biggest case of his life. Or will be as soon as the doctor chooses to release him from the straitjacket.

Barry is the world's most famous Brussels sprout and he lives in Lazlo's head and he wishes to make it clear that it is not his fault that Lazlo Woodbine is confined to a mental institution. After all, he is only the voice in Lazlo's head.

Reckoned by many to be the most extraordinary book amongst Robert Rankin's many extraordinary books, The Dance of the Voodoo Handbag is a dark exploration of the occult which in combination with his unique brand of savage humour, creates a Techno-Gothic masterpiece that will have you laughing and shivering by turns.

First published almost thirty years ago, THE DANCE OF THE VOODOO HANDBAG is the second in the "Barking Mad" Trilogy, and a classic of Far Fetched Fiction, a genre created by author Robert Rankin in hopes of having his own shelf in bookstores. Now this classic tale has been reimagined and repackaged for 2026 by Hooded Man Media and Far-Fetched Books.

If you enjoy the works of Douglas Adams, Jasper Fforde, and Terry Pratchett, then don't miss out on THE DANCE OF THE VOODOO HANDBAG and the wild imagination of Robert Rankin, and grab your copy now before the price changes!

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"????? Superbly written from the first line to the last. Hilarious, witty, tense, spine tingling, a modern and funny work that rivals Dickens and Wodehouse"

"????? Many people describe books as 'laugh out loud funny' and while they are often quite amusing, this book is the only one to have EVER made good on that promise."

"????? I still turn to it when I need a laugh and it never disappoints."

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• Publication Date: January 2, 2014
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• Print Length: 340 Pages
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