- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Faber and Faber; New edition edition (7 Jun 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0571165303
- ISBN-13: 978-0571165308
- Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 11.2 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 200,605 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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" Superb . . . . It' s just like James M. Cain, only funny. Come to think of it, maybe it' s more just like Nabokov. Only fun." --"The New York Times
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" [A] superior piece of "noir," . . brisk, absorbing and . . . satisfying." --"The Sunday Times
"" Nasty, original, murderously funny entertainment." --"The Independent"
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" [A] superior piece of "noir," . . brisk, absorbing and . . . satisfying." --"The Sunday Times
"" Nasty, original, murderously funny entertainment." --"The Independent"
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Dennis and Karen lead a nice life in North Oxford until the day one of their dinner guests seduces Karen in the kitchen, setting in motion a chain of events which will destroy the thin veneer of their respectability and lead to ruthless murder.
Dirty Tricks is a gripping and brilliant thriller set in contemporary Oxford, an unputdownable story in which the conventions of sex and violence have never been more satisfyingly explored.
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First of all, let me just say that everything I am going to tell you is the complete and absolute truth. Read the first page
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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This novel is narrated by a devious, callous, selfish and conceited man, who tells his remarkable and disturbing tale with supreme arrogance and no hint of regret or shame. The story is solely concerned with the narrator, which makes this book rather different from Dibdin's other novels. Our narrator spells out how he succeded in destroying several relationships, ending lives and incriminating other people. Through all this, he assumes a position of sumpreme indifference towards everyone else, thinking only of his own desires, principally sexual and monetary, and needs.
This is a tremendous book, which I read in a day. There is much humour, albeit callous, with many passages offering cruel but amusing details of the social standing and aspirations of the people involved in the book. This ranks as one of Dibdin's finest books, which is no mean achivement.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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The narrator of this novel is one of the most unpleasant and unsavoury characters in literature. He is telling in the first person the events in his life that led to him leaving England in a bit of a hurry. A couple who befriend come to a sticky end and though he is not implicated for some time, and denies murder, his devious plots to get rich quickly without having to work for it implicate him in both deaths. I found this compelling reading though I'm not a lover of black humour as a rule. The twist in the end of this tale make it all worth while.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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A 40 year old "eternal student" returns from abroad, shocked and bewildered to find the Thatcher revolution in full swing, he accidentally starts an affair with the wife of a prosperous, social-climbing accountant. A development which soon plunges our urbane but directionless (anti-)hero into a labyrinth of lies, deceit, gruesome death, and the politely vicious war between the upper-middle, and lower-middle classes. If you like your humour dark, and enjoy delving into the Byzantine structure of English social strata, this well observed and witty book will amuse, entertain and appal you, and will sometimes make you laugh out loud. A glorious sting in the tail makes "Dirty Tricks" one of the most satisfying books I have read in years.
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A good example of now not to make an ebook
The book merits some stars as it is a good read, cleverly written. You wouldn't expect anything else from Michael Dibdin. However the production of the ebook is very poor. Read more
Published 2 months ago by T. G. Barry
Good Read but DIRTY TRICKS DVD is better
I read this after i found out that the Martin Clunes 'Dirty Tricks' was inspired by this book.
I watched that program on ITV and i really enjoyed it - in reading the book i... Read more
I watched that program on ITV and i really enjoyed it - in reading the book i... Read more
Published on 2 Aug 2008 by Brendan T. Hole
Ultimately disappointing
I started reading Dibden after seeing a glowing retrospective review following his untimely death. An Aurelio Zen was very competent and intriguing, but I thought I'd try this... Read more
Published on 9 Aug 2007 by Banjanx
Ranks amongst the best 5 books I have read
This book is absolutely fabulous. It is dark, morbid, violent and very vey funny. It has some very lucid insights into modern british society on every page and there is never a... Read more
Published on 15 Jan 2000
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