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2005
(first published 2007)
by Overlook TP
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Paperback, 198 pages
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1585675636
(isbn13: 9781585675630)
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It's a shame that Bonfiglioli only wrote three true-blue Mortdecai novels.
The first, Don't Point that Thing at Me ended on a cliffhanger - the threat of a Sam Peckinpah-esque shootout. Who knows? It's probably where Bonfiglioli wanted to leave it - after all, the British edition is entitled, Mortdecai's Endgame.
The third, Something Nasty in the Woodshed, ended...ah, ended. And in such a satisfying, but downbeat, way. Your favorite characters - mine, at l...more
The first, Don't Point that Thing at Me ended on a cliffhanger - the threat of a Sam Peckinpah-esque shootout. Who knows? It's probably where Bonfiglioli wanted to leave it - after all, the British edition is entitled, Mortdecai's Endgame.
The third, Something Nasty in the Woodshed, ended...ah, ended. And in such a satisfying, but downbeat, way. Your favorite characters - mine, at l...more
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More of Charlie Mordecai and his bizarre prejudices and jokes. Kind of an Ian Fleming parody with a hopelessly complex and silly plot involving a training school, heroin trade, and warring absurd terrorist organizations, I think. Once again the joy is being stuck “hero’s” head (never have those quotes seemed so appropriate). A wild ride with plenty of nasty events and horrible people that is always hilarious.
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Read in July, 2008
The second volume in Bonfiglioli's marvellous 'Mortdecai Trilogy'. I think this is possibly superior to the first volume in the series ('Don't Point That Thing At Me') but lke the earlier book the plot still doesn't quite convince me. However, Bonfiglioli's strength isn't really plot, although he does action sequences incredibly well. What he's really a genius at is blithe wit, suave nastiness and an utterly convincing evocation of a world long gone -- the 1970s. This is absurdist crime writing ...more
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Read in July, 2007
An amusing little book that really plays up the sociopathic Jeeves and Wooster comparisons that Bonfiglioli references constantly. The writing is a little absurdist, and the plot pretty much nonsensical, but Wodehouse was sometimes just as absurd.
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