Waiting for Godalming (2000) (edit title/settings)

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Characters/People edit see section history

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• Icarus Smith: The relocator
• Johnny Boy: The tiny man Icarus befriends
• Lazlo Woodbine: Some call him Laz. Where Woodbine is involved, you can always expect a lot of gratuitous sex and violence, a trail of corpses, no small degree of name mispronunciation and enough trenchcoat humour and ludicrous catchphrases to carry you through a month of rainy Thursdays
• Eartha: God's Missus
• Colin Godalming: God's Son
• Captain Ian: Add a description of this character.
• Cormerant
• Fangio: The not-so-fat fatboy behind the bar

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• “He carried a black leather briefcase which contained, amongst other things, a pair of black leather briefs.”

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• The Office: Lazlo's office, where he is hired by his clients.
• The Bar: Fangio's bar, where he talks toot with Fangio the fat barman and is subsequently knocked on the head by the dame that does him wrong
• An alleyway: where Lazlo gets into sticky situations that involve him having to shoot somebody
• The Rooftop: The final rooftop showdown, where, after a climatic confrontation, Lazlo sends the villain plunging to oblivion in the final chapter

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Robert Rankin (Author)
2. Robert Rankin (Illustrator) - Front Cover

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Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 823.914

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Contains some strong language. And a lack of gratuitous sex and violence.

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Literature & Fiction › Women's Fiction › Single Women
• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Science Fiction
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Comic
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary