false 3092119 4 3123226 14 8 2008 A Snowball in Hell total:73|5:17|4:36|3:16|2:4|1:0| 73 285 116 21 5 9 false false Sun Jun 28 12:27:09 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 04:03:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 15 03:58:28 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 04:22:19 -0700 2009
The book is a stinging attack on mode...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 14:17:01 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 14:28:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Nov 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 09:55:14 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 09:56:40 -0800 2008
You know exactly what to expect. This time he resurrects three former characters from A big boy and sacred art of stealing - Xavire, Innez and the arch villian darcourt.

The butt of his...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 12:03:57 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 10:30:58 -0700 2009
It helps if yo...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Nov 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 14:51:36 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 14:55:04 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 07:30:02 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 07 04:08:06 -0800 2008 Ladies and gentlemen, roll up! Roll on up! Step inside!

Are you sick of reality tv? Tired of the endless parade of vapid ‘celebrities’ it creates? Simon Darcourt is, and his response to it is certainly turning (and in some cases, removing) heads. Darcourt, aka the Black Sp...more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Jul 27 03:28:44 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 03:28:52 -0700 2009 (The follow-on from A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away and The Sacred Art of Stealing, and like those this is not available in the local library. Buy or ILL?)more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon May 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 09:58:40 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 10:01:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 17:39:59 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 14:48:34 -0700 2009
a) be British, or be familiar with Britishisms, and
b) have read the book that featured the main characters on a previous outing.

Thankfully, I fit into (a), but came to the characters fresh, and it took me a while...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 16:34:22 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 16:36:21 -0700 2009
I enjoyed this one quite a bit, but it's not for the squeamish.]]> 5 0 true false Wed Mar 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 06:25:54 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 13:42:01 -0700 2009 A Snowball in Hell brings back Simon Darcourt and his nemesis Angelique de Xavia, and Sal. It is as good as it sounds, with misdirection everywhere, to say nothing of some well-aimed bile at modern celebrity culture. Darcourt, of course, never stops at merely venting his spleen, and sets about a ver...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 13 02:25:46 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 24 04:12:16 -0700 2009
In ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 05:01:34 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 05:02:42 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Mon Mar 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 12:15:18 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 12:15:18 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Oct 10 23:49:34 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 23:51:09 -0700 2009 4 0 true false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 12:37:51 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 00:26:39 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Tue Jul 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 06:05:58 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 14:39:30 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Oct 13 12:29:16 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 04 12:13:24 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Thu Nov 13 07:48:49 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 07:49:46 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3092119