- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: Comedy Hall Books (1 Jan 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0953760111
- ISBN-13: 978-0953760114
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11.4 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,634,942 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Eager young private investigator Twyford Fripp has just taken on his first case - finding the wife of a retired rear-admiral who has fled him and his insatiable lust for her, and persuading her to return home. She has gone to stay with an old female friend, a school secretary helping to prepare for a royal visit marking the opening of the school's new sports complex. The involvement of the rear-admiral's GP, a ruthless madam who runs an escort agency, a dodgy entrepreneurial farmer, a semi-retired rock star and his girlfriend, a police surveillance exercise in which Fripp is mistaken for a notorious Australian terrorist, and a wolfhound from hell, all turn out to be a recipe for sheer chaos. Like Tom Sharpe's novels, this is for the broad-minded, but if you enjoy them you'll absolutely love this racy, side-splitting farce. The author is already known for his TV and theatre work, and let's hope this novel is the first of many. --Pat Venford, Book Reviews, South Hams Newspapers
Imagine a cross between Confessions of a Private Detective and Carry on Cornwall and you get the gist of Tredinnick's debut novel. It's a romp, simple as that; a touch saucy but good fun in a wot-no-pyjamas, double entendre sort of way that follows a long English tradition. It makes a jaunty, easy read. --Barney Spender, British Airways in-flight magazine Skylines
Fripp is a book that is certainly not for the narrow minded, being a tale of love - or should I say lust - amongst people who are old enough to know better. Retired Rear Admiral Peter Legg has lost his wife, Margot. No, he is not a widower - he has merely driven her away with his constant demands for sex, morning, noon and night. In desperation, she flees to her friend Pauline's home on the Cornish coast, not realising that Pauline has her own rather different designs on Margot's body. The main characters in the book are all very strong and believable and are delightfully complimented by some of the minor characters. The bumbling local police force, the proprietor of the village shop, Mrs Tookey (she of the biggest bosoms known to mankind) and the teachers at the school where Pauline works as a secretary all add to the humour of the book. Special mention has to go to Herr Rumenberg, the school's German teacher whose command of the English language is not quite as good as he would like to believe. This is Tredinnick's first novel although he has previously written several successful plays and television comedies, including contributing to Birds of a Feather and writing for Frankie Howerd. Fans of Tom Sharpe or similar writers will love it and find it a rollicking good read. I await his second book with eager anticipation, laughing muscles at the ready. --Nicola Sly, Phoenix Book Reviews
Imagine a cross between Confessions of a Private Detective and Carry on Cornwall and you get the gist of Tredinnick's debut novel. It's a romp, simple as that; a touch saucy but good fun in a wot-no-pyjamas, double entendre sort of way that follows a long English tradition. It makes a jaunty, easy read. --Barney Spender, British Airways in-flight magazine Skylines
Fripp is a book that is certainly not for the narrow minded, being a tale of love - or should I say lust - amongst people who are old enough to know better. Retired Rear Admiral Peter Legg has lost his wife, Margot. No, he is not a widower - he has merely driven her away with his constant demands for sex, morning, noon and night. In desperation, she flees to her friend Pauline's home on the Cornish coast, not realising that Pauline has her own rather different designs on Margot's body. The main characters in the book are all very strong and believable and are delightfully complimented by some of the minor characters. The bumbling local police force, the proprietor of the village shop, Mrs Tookey (she of the biggest bosoms known to mankind) and the teachers at the school where Pauline works as a secretary all add to the humour of the book. Special mention has to go to Herr Rumenberg, the school's German teacher whose command of the English language is not quite as good as he would like to believe. This is Tredinnick's first novel although he has previously written several successful plays and television comedies, including contributing to Birds of a Feather and writing for Frankie Howerd. Fans of Tom Sharpe or similar writers will love it and find it a rollicking good read. I await his second book with eager anticipation, laughing muscles at the ready. --Nicola Sly, Phoenix Book Reviews
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Retired Rear Admiral Peter Legg has a delicate problem. He is suffering from satyriasis (the male equivalent of nymphomania) and his constant craving for sexual excitement with the local Madam, Miss Forde, and her working girls, Forde's Escorts, have left him broke and despondent. Furthermore, his long-suffering wife Margot has deserted him. In desperation he attends a newly opened sexual addiction clinic run by the handsome, breakfast TV doctor Ryan Hooper. When this fails to solve his problems he decides to employ a young, private detective, Twyford Fripp, to track down his wife and hopefully bring her back. Unfortunately, it's Twyford Fripp's very first case........
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5.0 out of 5 stars
The ideal book for a long journey.,
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I took this on a long-haul flight to New Zealand. It's one of the funniest novels I've ever read. Brilliant!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fripp is a great read - a hugely enjoyable comic romp.,
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This review is from: Fripp (Paperback)
Fripp has a host of intriguing characters, a plot with many a comic twist, and Fripp himself makes a splendidly bedraggled hero. It all results in a really great read. When's the next Fripp coming out?
5.0 out of 5 stars
Broad Farce - Very Funny.,
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This review is from: Fripp (Paperback)
I bought this book and read it straight through in two sessions. It's very funny and has that unique quality where you just have to turn the page. The sex scenes are (intentionally) hilarious and the story is solidly plotted. The whole book is an extraordinary mixture of broad farce and witty asides. Check it out.
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