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Getting Rid of Mister Kitchen (Paperback)

by Charlie Higson (Author)
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Product details

  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Abacus (5 Feb 2009)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0349121826
  • ISBN-13: 978-0349121826
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.6 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 81,548 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'A sizzlingly paced modern thriller with outbursts of thumpingly sick black humour... It is fast. It is cruel. It is comical. It is vastly entertaining, and not a little disturbing.' NME 'A funny, frightening book, full of powerful, open-hearted material and with a strong line in suspense.' TLS 'This is a black farce with bells on, or Martin Amis as slapstick... very funny and utterly unstoppable.' THE TIMES 'A tour-de-force... captures right-wing arrogance magnificently.' SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY 'A fast-moving, rip-roaring riot of a read.' CRIME TIME 'Fast and funny (as you'd expect) and devastatingly cruel.' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY 'An energetic comedy of disasters with plenty of jokes for boys about curries and condoms and, for the girls, a scarily accurate description of a forceps delivery.' INDEPENDENT MAGAZINE 'Of all the young, trendy writers of comedy thrillers, this author is my favourite. In his fast-paced tales ordinary situations run out of control and escalate into violence; the novels are compulsive, dark and sick. I love them.' THE BOOKSELLER '... he is gratuituously offensive about women, the unemployed, lefty social-worker types and anyone over 40. Remember, the best humour is never PC.' COSMOPOLITAN 'An entertaining and deeply disturbing read.' THE CRIMINOLOGIST 'A coke-fuelled, black humoured masterpiece.' MUZIK 'Given that few comic novels make you laugh at all, one that makes you laugh out loud before you got beyod the first paragraph is to be treasured. And you needn't worry that Higson has used his best gag at the start: the laughs keep coming right through the narrator's 24 hour descent into hell.' TIME OUT 'Higson has the kind of ear for middle-England angst that more established writers should be jealous of.' GQ


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A man kills a prospective buyer for his car. On the verge of becoming a name in the interior design world, he can't afford a scandal and must discreetly dispose of the body-- not an easy job when the whole of London seems to be conspiring against him.

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A REAL GEM, 28 Jul 1999
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Given the fact that very few supposedly 'funny' books make you laugh - this one certainly hits the mark. AN UTTERLY HILARIOUS piece of black humour. If you want people to look at you on the tube and think you're completely mad - then buy this book. I for one was completely unable to withold the laughter which was abound with literally every page. A rare book. Well done Mr Higson! I will read it time and time again
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Truly brilliant, 12 May 2003
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I found it strange that other reviewers did not think this book was clever or funny. I thought it was well written, kept your interest through out, full of good ideas and best of all made me laugh all the time. I think it would make a great film too.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars One of those days., 30 May 2003
Have you ever seen that video for Smack My Bitch Up by The Prodigy? Did you think it was any good or just a bit weird? If you weren't horrified you might like this book. It's a bit like the book of the video of the song. OK song's bit strong, Whatever.
Anyway, when someone comes round to buy his car, the main character accidentally kills him. The sorry quest to dispose of the body sees him get into the most unlikely and yet plausible scenarios. Featuring one of the best ends to a book I ever did read.
I don't often read books twice but I bought this one twice. I would give it 5 stars but it's not Shakespeare let's face it.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Decent quick read
Starts off ok but kinda loses the initial gusto in the final third. That said it's fairly amusing and a decent quick read. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr. R. J. Smith

4.0 out of 5 stars Poor old Mr Kitchen
Read a lot of Higson and this one was quite amusing. Dark and slightly twisted as his books generally are but the story is good and you feel the lead characters world slipping... Read more
Published 3 months ago by M. Clark

5.0 out of 5 stars Getting rid of mr kitchen
I loved this book,a truly gruesome romp.Black comedy with some very graphic descriptions,it is my favorite of his books and i would urge everyone to read it...
Published 18 months ago by J. Pepperell

3.0 out of 5 stars gruesome
This is black comedy at it's darkest. I was looking forward to reading this book, having very much enjoyed "Happy Now". However, I was disappointed. Read more
Published on 30 Oct 2007 by Saffron

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Higson
This was the fourth novel from Charles Higson, who has since found fame as writer, producer and performer on the BBC-TV comedy series THE FAST SHOW. Read more
Published on 16 Aug 2006 by Pitoucat

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Higson
This was the fourth novel from Charles Higson, who has since found fame as writer, producer and performer on the BBC-TV comedy series THE FAST SHOW. Read more
Published on 16 Aug 2006 by Pitoucat

4.0 out of 5 stars Darkly humorous
This is the first Charles Higson book that I've read and it won't be my last. The humour in this particular book is very dark, as is the subject (trying to get rid of the body of... Read more
Published on 20 April 2003

1.0 out of 5 stars Just not funny
A real dissapointment; the book starts well, with the discussion about the weather forecast and how it can affect your day. Read more
Published on 10 Feb 2003 by Nick

5.0 out of 5 stars my first book
this was effectively the first book I read completely, from back to back, without coming up for air. Read more
Published on 2 Feb 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars Sick of books for "30-something" women
Sick of books for "30-something" women, I was looking for something a bit different to read. This is an excellent book, I LOVED it and immediately bought 2 more of his - King of... Read more
Published on 9 Oct 2002

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