| #1595205 in Books | Little, Brown Book Group | 2004-08-05 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.75 x1.30 x5.00l, | File Name: 1841493457 | 576 pages |
||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Another Mismatched Set|By illiandantic|Just like The First Tom Holt Omnibus: Flying Dutch & Faust Among Equals (Tom Holt Omnibus), this one, "Tall Stories," is a mismatched set. Again, like the "First Tom Holt Omnibus," the first story, Expecting Someone Taller, is very good. While the second story, Ye Gods, is merely OK. As with that other Omnibus, I'm rating this one at t||""Holt has a touch that is equally breezy and serious: the story's twists and revelations feel like Douglas Adams emulating David Mamet...Hitchhiker's Guide "aficionados will relish every line."|About the Author|Tom Holt
EXPECTING SOMEONE TALLER - All he did was run over a badger - sad, but hardly catastrophic. But it wasn't Malcolm Fisher's day, for the badger turned out to be none other than Ingolf, last of the Giants. With his dying breath, he reluctantly handed to Malcolm two Gifts of Power, and made him ruler of the world. But can Malcolm cope with the responsibility?
YE GODS! - Being a Hero bothers Jason Derry. It's easy to get maladjusted when your mum's a suburban housew...
