Klick Klang Klatch is a graphic novel. The script is written by Ian McDonald, the illustrations are done by David Lyttleton, and the lettering by James Otis.
Heartbreak and psoriasis, my friend.
I am telling you, it's all heartbreak and psoriasis.Five a.m. on the greasy streets of a city that never sleeps, the dolls are on the hard stuff and the transport's about to strike again. On the news it's all bombs and killing machines the size of tenement blocks. The only consolation for a weary middle aged cop on his way home is a little illegal sugar and some sweet tenor sax.
But that was before they found the body that looked like somebody and unzipped it then scooped out all its insides. And the three words scrawled on an alley wall.
Three red words, so fresh they were still dripping.
KLING KLANG KLATCHIt's enough to knock out anyone's stuffing. And in Toyland, that's no joke.
KLING KLANG KLATCH is set in a superficially glittering world that, if not exactly human, reflects humanity's desires, corruption and racism at a fundamental level. Ian McDonald's blackly bizarre wit and David Lyttleton's razor sharp eye for detail have created a unique fantasy with a delicious streak of dark humour.
Cover blurb of Gollancz edition
Editions
- Gollancz (hardcover)
- 1992
- 80 pages. £15.99.
ISBN 0-575-05198-1.
- Gollancz (softcover)
- 1992
- 80 pages. £9.99.
ISBN 0-575-05298-8.
Translations
- German Das Kling-Klang-Geheimnis
- 1992
- Carlsen, 3551725500.
Reviews
- AR in Interzone #70, April 1993, page 67
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