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Follow on Google News | A new author joins the ranks of Terry Pratchett, Tom Holt, and Douglas AdamsPublished today, Badger’s Waddle, a novel of impeccably good manners that is very, very rude!
By: Greyhart Press Commenting on the release, Greyhart Press publisher Tim C. Taylor said: “I knew as soon as I read the first chapter that a new writer had joined the ranks of Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams. It’s easy to name drop famous authors in the genre you’re writing in. What’s not easy is to write like them, because that requires a certain rogue strand in the author’s DNA that allows them to see the everyday world shifted into bizarre new forms. Nigel Edwards has that quirky DNA. He’s Homo Sapiens Cerritulus — weird as well as wise.” Author, Nigel Edwards, said of his inspiration: Life in the quaint English hampton of Badger’s Waddle is never quite the same as elsewhere in the country... or any other country for that matter. The first sign of impending chaos was when giant rabbits breached the defenses all along the indeterminate length of the vegetable garden of Little Twee cottage. To patch up the defenses took the combined efforts of the resident gastrognome and a Crippin & Hare Indifference Engine operated by Tavarius Truckle, the man with the highest ever score in an apathitude test. But when tourists start exploding at the village fete, bank deposits build up a critical pressure, and the church’s resident saint finds a loophole in his contract of supra-ecclesiastical employment, the whole hampton must unite to restore some semblance of normality (except for Tavarius Truckle, who’s far too apathetic to care). Only Goode Nurture, the nice old lady in the tall, pointy black hat, has been preparing for this moment, shaving her gibbons in readiness for the looming crisis. This book will be lapped up by followers of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series, and fans of Tom Holt and Douglas Adams. But be warned… underneath the polite gentility of English good manners, this book is very, very, rude! Badger’s Waddle , a surreal fantasy novel that will be enjoyed by fans of Terry Pratchett and Tom Holt, is published May 9th in paperback (ISBN 978-1909636002: Notes to editors About Nigel Edwards: Born far too many years ago, Nigel now lives in Milton Keynes, middle England, with his good lady wife, and works in the IT industry. He attends the Northampton SF Writers Workshop each month, where contributors’ Find out more about Nigel at his website: http://nigeledwards.wordpress.com/ About Greyhart Press. Bedfordshire- www.greyhartpress.com www.ataleforatale.com End
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