The Garden of Unearthly Delights

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The Garden of Unearthly Delights
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Author	Robert Rankin
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Genre(s)	Novel
Publisher	Doubleday
Publication date	1995
Media type	Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages	272 pp (hardcover edition)
ISBN	ISBN 0-385-40515-4 (hardcover edition)
Preceded by	The Most Amazing Man Who Ever Lived
Followed by	A Dog Called Demolition

The Garden Of Unearthly Delights is a novel by British author Robert Rankin. Its title is a reference to the painting The Garden of Earthly Delights by the painter Hieronymus Bosch.

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It was something to do with the cycles of history. The way great civilisations rise and fall. Golden ages and Dark Ages. Things of that nature. Few people noticed it at first. The changes. They were subtle to begin with. Like when the Leader of the Opposition challenged the PM to step outside and settle things man to man. And the PM agreed. Or the way the baked ham rose up against Dave while he was standing in the check-out queue at Budgens. Small things. But they just kept getting bigger. And by the time everyone realised that something very strange was going on, it was all too late. The Earth had left behind the age of science and reason and moved once more into a time of myth. A time of legend and heroes. Of romance and wizardry and wonder. It was a time to take the mother of all giant leaps and enter - The Garden Of Unearthly Delights.