LoveReading Says
Good Omens sits on my list of all time favourite novels, and I regularly re-read or just give it a pat as I pass. The joining of the minds of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman is one that I still stand up and applaud. The world is due to end, a demon and an angel join forces, the Antichrist grows up with the wrong family in a small village, while the Horsemen of the Apocalypse almost steal the show. With a whole cast of unforgettable characters, a thought-provoking story that just buzzes along with plenty of wit and humour, this is one heck of a must-read book.
Liz Robinson
Find This Book In
| Primary Genre |
Fantasy
|
| Recommendations: |
|
Good Omens Synopsis
A 2012 World Book Night selection.
According to the Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter--the world's only totally reliable guide to the future--the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact. Just after tea...
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9780552137034 |
| Publication date: |
1st May 1991 |
| Author: |
Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman |
| Publisher: |
Corgi Books an imprint of Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
382 pages |
| Primary Genre |
Fantasy
|
| Recommendations: |
|
Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman Press Reviews
'A Superbly funny book. Pratchett and Gaiman are the most hilariously sinister team since Jekyll and Hyde. If this is Armageddon, count me in' - James Herbert
'GOOD OMENS is frequently hilarious, littered with funny footnotes and eccentric characters. It's also humane, intelligent, suspenseful, and fully equipped with a chorus of 'Tibetans, Aliens, American, Atlanteans and other rare and strange creatures of the Last Days. If the end is near, Pratchett and Gaiman will take us there in style' - Locus
'Wickedly funny' - Time Out
'Hilarious Pratchett magic tempered by Neil Gaiman's dark steely style; who could ask for a better combination? - Fear Not quite as sinster as the authors photo' - The Times
'Not one of Pratchett's brilliant Discworld series but a deadpan collaboration on Good and Evil and all things Apocalyptic. Discworld fans will be reassured to know that Death puts in an appearance, capital letters and all, to claim of Elvis Presley: 'I never laid a finger on him!'
(Kirkus UK)
