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Big Time [Paperback]

Marc Blake (Author)

3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

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Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Flame (3 Jun 1999)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0340717734
ISBN-13: 978-0340717738

Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,711,103 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Andy Crowe was dumped this morning, now he's stuck with a sick car and his arch-rival. Meanwhile, three villains are about to pull off a daring robbery. Take a service station on a rain-washed motorway, add a councillor, some feisty pensioners and a road-bound deity, and it's a recipe for disaster.

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Marc Blake has recently retired as a stand-up comedian who notched up over two thousand performances. He has written screenplays and sitcoms, and teaches comedy performance at City University. He lives in southwest London with his wife. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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5.0 out of 5 stars insightful, 17 April 2000

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Marc Blake has a thourough understanding of the workings of the brian of the average british villain...compelling reading for all who live 'Saarf of the river'

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5.0 out of 5 stars It's big, it 's clever, and I was laughing!, 16 May 2000

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I was more than impressed by the intelligent, dry humour that was evident throughout this fast-paced, action-packed adventure. I will definitely buy Sunstroke as I suspect that not doing so would be a character flaw on my part.

Blake carries this novel off superbly, with multiple threads cleverly interwoven to keep you on the edge of your seat - steady though, all that laughing out loud will do one of two things: tip you over the edge, or convince fellow passengers on the tube / beach dwellers that you're completely nuts. Buy it, or miss out - the choice is yours.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A top-notch follow-up to Sunstroke. Read and meet God!, 18 April 2000

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In BigTime, Marc Blake dishes up a smorgasbord of vivid characters ranging from the desperate to the dangerous to the deliciously despicable. Their aspirations cause them to converge at an innocuous motorway service station for a mostly violent and wholly hilarious climax of comedic events. Well observed, well funny.

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2.0 out of 5 stars A let-down
After Sunstroke I was looking forward to another fast-paced and funny read. Unfortunately what I got was a book that seemed to have been put together far too quickly, and as a... Read more

Published on 10 April 2000

2.0 out of 5 stars Comedian in bad book shocker!
One of the many troubles with this sprightly tale is that Marc Blake writes characatures rather than characters. Read more

Published on 9 April 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars A book about the world of stand-up that I couldn't put down.
Big Time's main characters are all small fry - either in the world of crime or in comedy. Some dream of fame, others fortune. Read more

Published on 5 April 2000 by tomrowhill@aol.com

4.0 out of 5 stars Fast-moving comic thriller about comedians and criminals
The plot races along and - as in SUNSTROKE - Marc Blake serves up a melting pot of comic characters who are brought together as they hurtle towards the violent showdown. Read more

Published on 5 April 2000

4.0 out of 5 stars funny with real-life characters
very funny book. well written. characters very real to life and anyone associated with South London will recongnise some of the places.

Published on 5 April 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars BLAKE GETS BETTER AND BETTER
I loved BIGTIME even better than SUNSTROKE which I really enjoyed in BIGTIME the writing is more mature, the characters more gritty and in my opinion hilarious. Read more

Published on 4 April 2000

2.0 out of 5 stars Shock - another comedian in bad book exclusive
Not only does Marc Blake totally lose the thread here, but by the time he does it we have totally lost interest in him every finding it again. Read more

Published on 25 Mar 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars True insight into the seedy, desparate world of stand-ups.
Centering on the parallel stories of a stand-up comedian who wants to transform himself from a nonentity into a micro-celebrity, and a small-time gang who want to move up the... Read more

Published on 13 Dec 1999 by I. Winter

4.0 out of 5 stars Good fun romp through the misery of being a stand-up comedia
Maybe it's because I've been a stand-up comedian myself but I enjoyed Bigtime more than Sunstroke. It gives such a clear sense of the downright misery of the 'circuit' that in... Read more

Published on 13 Dec 1999

2.0 out of 5 stars Too interested in being funny than being a story
Unfortunately, not up to the standard of his first novel 'Sunstroke', this book seems to be more of a series of one-line jokes and witty jousting between the two comedians central... Read more

Published on 3 Dec 1999 by James Faux

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