In this sequel to the Encyclopaedia of Acton Town, discover more Acton Town parlour, card, dice, board, word, role-playing and live role-playing games.
Follow the continuing adventures of Chigwell Holmes and Dr Watford, spymaster George Chuckley, and the Famous Five, as well as new adventures for Giggles the World War One air ace, Dora of Finchleyfoot farm, Samuel Pepys, and talk-show host Debbie, plus new stories from Charles Chickens.
Also find out about the Bishop of Barton Wells' involvement in the Great Acton Town Train Robbery, and how Lady Butterscotch-Instant-Whip laid down the rules of Acton Town in the Great Fireside Rambling of 1848 at Butterscotch Hall.
The following reviews are not necessarily real:
⭐️⭐️⭐️ "A charmingly uneven stroll through memory and myth — part local history, part fever dream."
— The West London Whisper
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Surreal, poignant, and occasionally bonkers — like eavesdropping on ghosts at a bus stop."
— The Ealing Gazetteer
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "An extraordinary love letter to the overlooked corners of London — witty, weird, and oddly moving."
— The Subterranean Review
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Think Iain Sinclair meets a pub quiz at the end of the Piccadilly line."
— The Fictionalist Weekly
⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Too many biscuits, not enough trains — but still strangely brilliant."
— Modern Rambler Digest
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "A triumph of local storytelling with national resonance — I laughed, I Googled, I booked a Zone 3 travelcard."
— The Imagined London Review
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Acton has never seemed so mysterious, or so completely itself."
— District Line Lit Journal
⭐️⭐️⭐️ "A peculiar mix of nostalgia and nonsense that somehow works — eventually."
— The Very Occasional Times
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Beautifully bonkers and filled with humanity — a transport-themed tone poem."
— The Cartographer’s Companion
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "A metafictional milk run through the back alleys of West London — oddly addictive."
— Underground Aesthetics Quarterly
Details
- Publication Date
- Nov 23, 2024
- Language
- English
- Category
- Humor
- Copyright
- All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
- Contributors
- By (author): Peter Thompson
Specifications
- Pages
- 309
- Binding Type
- Hardcover Case Wrap
- Interior Color
- Color
- Dimensions
- Small Landscape (9 x 7 in / 229 x 178 mm)