The Borribles: Across the Dark Metropolis

The Borribles: Across the Dark Metropolis is the third volume of the Borrible Trilogy, written by Michael de Larrabeiti and first published in 1986 by Pan Books in the United Kingdom.

The Borribles: Across the Dark Metropolis
USA Tor edition cover
AuthorMichael de Larrabeiti
Cover artistRed Nose Studio
GenreFantasy Novel
Publisher?, later Tor Books
Publication date
1986
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages297 pp (paperback 2005 Tor Edition)
ISBN0765350076 (paperback 2005 Tor Edition)
Preceded byThe Borribles Go For Broke 

The book is currently available in the UK as part of The Borrible Trilogy, which was reissued in one trade paperback volume in 2002 by Pan Macmillan and in paperback by Tor UK in 2003. In the United States the book is currently available as an individual volume, published by Tor in 2005.

Plot summary

Borribles are runaway children whose ears become pointed as they take to the streets, indicators of their independence and intelligence. As long as their ears remain unclipped they will never age; for this reason, they wear woollen hats pulled low over their ears in order to remain undetected by the authorities, who find their freedom threatening to the social order. Borribles are skinny, scruffy, and tough; they have nothing to do with money, and steal what they need to survive.

In The Borriles: Across the Dark Metropolis, the third book in The Borrible Trilogy, Battersea is no longer safe for a Borrible. The SBG, a section of the London police driven on by the fanatical Inspector Sussworth and dedicated to finding Borribles and clipping their ears is determined to wipe them out. The Borribles decide to escort Sam the horse to safety in Neasden and then return to the old way of life of independence and freedom. They begin their journey Across the Dark Metropolis, a journey that tests the courage and cunning of the Adventurers to the limits.

Film adaptation

The film rights for The Borrible Trilogy have been optioned many times but the project has always remained in development hell. A film is currently being developed by CUBA Pictures, the film development arm of literary agents Curtis Brown.[1]

References
  • de Larrabeiti, Michael. The Borrible Trilogy. (London: Tor, 2003). UK edition - ISBN 0330490850
  • de Larrabeiti, Michael. The Borribles: Across the Dark Metropolis. (Tor, 2005). US Edition - ISBN 0765350076

Reception

Dave Langford reviewed The Borribles: Across the Dark Metropolis for White Dwarf #84, and stated that "Again London's underside is the nightmare background for a quest, and the torturous journey from Battersea to Neasden has a far higher death toll than that relatively cosy toddle though Mordor. Triumph is bloody (especially in the luridly detailed Camden slaughterhouse) and expensive."[2]

Reviews
  • Review by Faren Miller (1987) in Locus, #315 April 1987

See also

References
  1. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117908378?categoryid=13&cs=1 "Lit agency booking screen time: Curtis Brown's debut slate includes 'Equal Music' adaptation" in Variety Magazine
  2. Langford, Dave (December 1986). "Critical Mass". White Dwarf. Games Workshop (84): 8.


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