false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765388m/8831.jpg 8831 11 Ready to follow Nick Hornsby and Helen Fielding as the next big thing from Cool Britannia to hit America is Ben Elton. Already known to a wide public television audience as the funnyman behind <i>Blackadder, The Young Ones,</i> and <i>The Thin Blue Line,</i> Elton, author of <i>Popcorn</i>, lights up the literary sky with <b>Blast from the Past</b>.<br><br>Part noir thriller, part hilarious send-up of the politics of extremism, <b>Blast from the Past</b> is the new novel from English comedy phenomenon (stand-up, playwright, television writer, and author) Ben Elton--a name soon to be known in all circles once Joel Schumacher's film of his book <b>Popcorn</b> reaches the silver screen.<br><br>In the early 80s, when Polly was a seventeen-year-old ideological peace protestor and Jack was a U.S. Army captain stationed at England's Greenham Common, the two had a secret and very unlikely affair. No two people could have had more to argue about, save that they couldn't live without each other, yet one day Jack came to the conclusion that he loved soldiering more than Polly and sacrificed their love to be a career army man.<br><br>Now, sixteen years later, Polly is a lonely thirty-something social services employee and Jack is a four-star general who has returned to Britain to find her, his only true love. With only one night to resolve their differences, and a knife-wielding stalker lurking in the shadows, for everyone concerned this will be a night like no other.<br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i> 11742 1998 Blast from the Past total:243|5:1|4:2|3:11|2:4|1:0| 243 810 329 17 2246460 0593044142 9780593044148 4 2 3.33 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2246460.Blast_from_the_Past 3 1 false Sat Dec 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 19:53:05 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 06:59:51 -0800 2008 Elton's previous book Popcorn. Those reviews seemed to imply that Blast from the ...more...]]> 3106524 1843450070 9781843450078 1 1 3.33 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3106524.Blast_from_the_Past 3 0 false Tue Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 15:37:15 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 15:47:54 -0700 2009
The start is very interesting as you are trying to figure who is who, and where this story is likely to lea...more...]]> 8831 0385334524 9780385334525 219 13 3.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765388m/8831.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8831.Blast_from_the_Past 3 1 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 06 23:46:52 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 13 09:37:55 -0700 2007 2246460 0593044142 9780593044148 4 2 3.33 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2246460.Blast_from_the_Past 2 0 false Sat Sep 16 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sat Aug 23 21:15:56 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 23 21:16:32 -0700 2008 more...]]> 8831 0385334524 9780385334525 219 13 3.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765388m/8831.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8831.Blast_from_the_Past 4 1 false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 07 23:48:22 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 23:51:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 8831 0385334524 9780385334525 219 13 3.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765388m/8831.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8831.Blast_from_the_Past 3 0 false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Tue Sep 18 20:34:06 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 18 20:39:53 -0700 2007 more...]]> 8831 0385334524 9780385334525 219 13 3.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765388m/8831.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8831.Blast_from_the_Past 0 0 false Sun Nov 08 13:12:38 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 13:12:59 -0800 2009 8831 0385334524 9780385334525 219 13 3.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765388m/8831.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8831.Blast_from_the_Past 3 0 false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 00:33:22 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 00:34:10 -0700 2009 8831 0385334524 9780385334525 219 13 3.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765388m/8831.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8831.Blast_from_the_Past 4 0 false Thu Apr 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 04:13:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 09:08:10 -0700 2009 8831 0385334524 9780385334525 219 13 3.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765388m/8831.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8831.Blast_from_the_Past 0 0 false Wed Sep 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 04:44:18 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 04:48:20 -0700 2009 1931023 0552998338 9780552998338 14 1 3.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1190501506m/1931023.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1931023.Blast_From_the_Past 3 0 false Fri Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 15 16:34:47 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 27 19:14:25 -0700 2008 more...]]> 8831 0385334524 9780385334525 219 13 3.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765388m/8831.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8831.Blast_from_the_Past 5 0 false Thu Dec 20 14:05:09 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 20 14:11:16 -0800 2007 more...]]> 8831 0385334524 9780385334525 219 13 3.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765388m/8831.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8831.Blast_from_the_Past 5 0 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Tue Jan 01 10:23:11 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 01 10:25:47 -0800 2008 An impossible love affair has left its mark on both the ex-hippy and the army man as their lives crash together again in one final night.
Elton's wit and criticisms describes ...more...]]> 8831 0385334524 9780385334525 219 13 3.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765388m/8831.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8831.Blast_from_the_Past 2 0 false Fri Jul 06 09:20:13 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 06 09:20:43 -0700 2007 8831 0385334524 9780385334525 219 13 3.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765388m/8831.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8831.Blast_from_the_Past 2 0 false Wed Sep 10 13:21:51 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 10 13:22:14 -0700 2008 1 8831 0385334524 9780385334525 219 13 3.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765388m/8831.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8831.Blast_from_the_Past 4 0 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Sat Oct 27 20:44:29 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 27 20:44:56 -0700 2007 8831 0385334524 9780385334525 219 13 3.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765388m/8831.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8831.Blast_from_the_Past 0 0 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 03 18:36:31 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 03 18:37:17 -0700 2007 8831 0385334524 9780385334525 219 13 3.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765388m/8831.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8831.Blast_from_the_Past 3 0 false Wed Dec 09 00:51:35 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 09 00:51:35 -0800 2009 2246460 0593044142 9780593044148 4 2 3.33 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2246460.Blast_from_the_Past 4 0 false Tue Dec 08 02:24:12 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 08 02:24:12 -0800 2009 2246460 0593044142 9780593044148 4 2 3.33 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2246460.Blast_from_the_Past 0 0 false Sun Dec 06 15:12:46 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 06 15:12:46 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=8831