false 45234 21 British actor and comedian Hugh Laurie's first book is a spot-on spy spoof about hapless ex-soldier Thomas Lang, who is drawn unwittingly and unwillingly into the center of a dangerous James Bond-like plot of international terrorists, arms dealing, high-tech weapons, and CIA spooks. You may recall having seen Laurie in the English television series <I>Jeeves and Wooster</I>; Laurie played Bertie Wooster, the clutzy hero of the P.G. Wodehouse comic novels that originated those characters. The lineage from Wodehouse's Wooster to Laurie's Lang is clear, and, if you like Wodehouse, you'll probably love <i>The Gun Seller</i>. 1128909 1996 The Gun Seller total:1588|5:344|4:660|3:449|2:115|1:20| 1588 5957 2647 358 4 4 false false Sun Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 14 17:01:01 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 17:01:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 4 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 05 20:50:11 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 18 21:47:32 -0700 2007 Hugh Laurie is...I suppose I should begin by saying I have something of a crush on him. In the beginning he was fantastic in "Blackadder" as the various Georges, then he was extremely fabulous opposite Stephen Fry in "Jeeves and Wooster", and then, having proved himself one of t...more...]]> 4 5 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue May 29 07:22:23 -0700 2007 Tue May 29 07:22:43 -0700 2007
I will try to prevent my adoration of the brilliant Hugh Laurie affect my review of his first (and, to date, only) published novel, but I will admit that it was the only reason I was initially in...more...]]> 5 5 false false Sat Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 20 01:04:39 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 24 10:36:38 -0700 2008 The Gun Seller around 1am, halfway through it, and believe me, the ONLY thing stopping me from reading to the end was an unfortunate dearth of eyelids propper-uppers, a la A Clockwork Orange.

It is LITERALLY laugh-out-loud funny. Adam (spousal unit)couldn't concentr...more...]]> 1 1 true false Wed Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 07:53:59 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 03 07:45:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 08:40:02 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 18 11:31:04 -0700 2008 1
As soon as I heard that Hugh Laurie had written and published a book, I knew that I had to ...more...]]> 4 1 true false Mon May 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 17:10:21 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 10:58:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 true true Tue Jan 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 09:00:18 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 08 07:23:57 -0700 2009 1 House” under his name, as if there were more than one Hugh Laurie who had the potential to wr...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jan 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 07 12:50:22 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 12:50:22 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false true Sat Oct 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 00:08:59 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 02:42:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false true Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 27 22:10:19 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 22:11:09 -0700 2009 In spite of a large security notice proclaiming that all Ministry of Defence installations were in a state of Bikinia Amber alert, the guards at the door let us through with no more than a glance.

British security guards, I've noticed always do this; unless you happen actually to work in ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri May 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 06:24:43 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 06:49:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 2 false false Sun Aug 26 22:02:14 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 26 22:09:43 -0700 2007 House, so when i saw a book by Hugh Laurie sitting in the bargain section at barnes and noble i sort of had to buy it. a very witty riff on sp...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Jan 07 22:59:37 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 23:05:14 -0800 2009 So, I received this book as a gift from my little sis because we a...more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 16:15:45 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 15:12:25 -0700 2009
I loved this book. Laurie is a wonderful writer! He'...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Apr 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 07:06:12 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 17:04:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 22:05:10 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 21:31:39 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 22:05:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Dec 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 09:05:07 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 21:23:41 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Apr 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 15:42:31 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 19:48:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Jan 02 13:48:05 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 13:49:05 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=45234