The return of Sir Apropos of Nothing!"This sequel to the wildly successful Sir Apropos of Nothing starts off with a bawdy send-up of Lord of the Rings, but quickly segues into its own territory with the appearance of a mysterious Visionary at Apropos's bar, Bugger Hall. The man tells our antihero, 'You will become a shadow of your former self while escaping to the Tragic Waste on the Road to Ruin, ' (or is that 'Woad to Wuin'?), just as Sharee, Apropos's weaver companion from the first volume, bursts in and begs for his help in escaping Lord Beliquose. The very loud lord wants a powerful gem, the Eye of the Beholder, which the virtually powerless Sharee possesses and which Apropos promptly steals....The wisecracking wordplay that fans have come to expect skips smoothly off the page, lifting this satirical fantasy into a class all its own...goofy entertainment with gritty philosophical musing.
-- "Publishers Weekly" (Starred Review)
- ISBN10 0743448324
- ISBN13 9780743448321
- Publish Date 23 November 2005 (first published 19 August 2002)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 5 July 2010
- Publish Country AU
- Imprint Downtown Press
- Format Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
- Pages 512
- Language English