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Wind in the Pylons, Vol 1 : Adventures of the Mole in Weaselworld
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- Publication Name
- Hilltop Publishing
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- 9780953685028
- Publication Year
- 2003
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- The Wind in the Pylons: Adventures of the Mole in Weaselworld: V. 1
- Item Height
- 181mm
- Publisher
- Hilltop Publishing LTD
- Topic
- Books
- Item Width
- 111mm
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
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When Mole (from Kenneth Grahame's The Wind In The Willows ) finds a tunnel behind the big old cupboard in his kitchen and goes exploring, little does he know the adventures in store. For the passage-way turns out to be a time tunnel that eventually brings him out in the mid 1990's - a strange world in which his beloved valley has been devastated by hulking shed-like shopping zones and most of the animals seem to be trapped inside flotillas of bizarrely-shaped contraptions moving at nightmare speeds along a network of titanic roads. He meets descendants or look-alikes of his old chums, all involved in business, politics and such like. But the time tunnel has unaccountably invested in him a magical skill: whomever he is near is unable to resist telling him the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. After a chance meeting with Mr Gordon R Rette - a water-rat, of course - Head of Degirthing (ie Redundancies) at petrochemicals giant, Toad Transoceanic, the Mole comes to the notice of company boss, Mr Humfrey Wyvern-Toad. Discerning the Mole's unusual truth-saying effect on those near him, the Toad sees at once that this is a skill he can turn to his advantage. In a series of encounters, Mole learns about virtually every facet of modern life: farming, the environment, politics, big business, information technology, modern art - all are unmercifully unmasked before the Mole's innocent and incredulous eyes. A biting satire on modern Britain, by turns scathing and heart-rending, The Wind In The Pylons captures its essence, seen through the eyes of an innocent abroad. The author, with sharp eye and cutting wit, holds a mirror up to the way we live today : compared with Kenneth Grahame's bucolic view of life at the turn of the last century, it is not a pretty sight. Part Orwellian satire showcasing the inhuman values of today's New Right, part rumbustious comic novel, part moving elegy for a lost world of childhood innocence and a vanished rural England, The Wind In The Pylons is a cult classic in the making, a wonderful pastiche of an old masterpiece, and arguably the first definitive environmental and counter-corporate satire.
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Hilltop Publishing LTD
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9780953685028
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Book Title
The Wind in the Pylons: Adventures of the Mole in Weaselworld: V. 1
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Paperback
Language
English
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Books
Publication Year
2003
Number of Pages
320 Pages
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181mm
Item Width
111mm
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