Robert Fleming Rankin is a prolific British author of comedic fantasy novels. Born in Parsons Green, London, he started writing in the late 1970s, and first entered the bestsellers lists with Snuff Fiction in 1999, by which time his previous eighteen books had sold around one million copies. His books are a mix of science fiction, fantasy, the occult, urban legends, running gags, metafiction, steampunk and outrageous characters. According to the biography printed in some Corgi editions of his books, Rankin refers to his style as 'Far Fetched Fiction' in the hope that bookshops will let him have a section to himself. Many of Rankin's books are bestsellers.
Robert Rankin
Rankin in 2021
Brentford is a suburban town in South West London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It lies at the confluence of the River Brent and the Thames, 8 miles (13 km) west of Charing Cross.
Skyline of Brentford town centre, facing south-west.
The Thames Lock on the Grand Union Canal at Brentford
Brentford Dock lock gates and Justin Close Brentford Dock is a basin off the Thames, with modern housing around it.
The former Brentford GWR Station view eastward on Brentford High Street. The station, on a branch from Southall to Brentford Docks, had been on the left. The passenger station and the service from Southall were closed in May 1942, but although Brentford Dock was closed in 1964, goods trains ran to Brentford Town Goods until December 1970.
