The Antipope by Robert Rankin
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In the offbeat world that Robert Rankin introduces in "The Antipope," the town of Brentford is not merely a London suburb but the battleground for the fate of humankind. When Jim Pooley and John Omally, two perfectly average blokes with a penchant for pints, discover that an antipope is trying to harness dark forces, they realise that stopping the apocalypse falls squarely on their very unprepared shoulders.
Rankin's humour pervades every page, making the fight against the epitome of evil seem like a pub crawl gone awry. The duo bumble through dark arts and demonic plans with an air of nonchalant incompetence that would make any reader of SFcrowsnest chuckle. "The Antipope" is a satirical romp that teaches us that sometimes the most unlikely heroes are the most entertaining.