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Gridlock [Paperback]

Ben Elton (Author)
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Book Description

Publication Date: 2 Jan 2006

Gridlock is when a city dies.

Killed in the name of freedom. Killed in the name of oil and steel. Choked on carbon monoxide and strangled with a pair of fluffy dice.

How did it come to this? How did the ultimate freedom machine end up paralysing us all? How did we end up driving to our own funeral, in somebody else's gravy train?

Deborah and Geoffrey know, but they have transport problems of their own, and anyway, whoever it was that murdered the city can just as easily murder them.

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  • Paperback: 448 pages
  • Publisher: Black Swan; New Ed edition (2 Jan 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0552773565
  • ISBN-13: 978-0552773560
  • Product Dimensions: 12.6 x 3 x 19.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 198,412 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Important, topical and politically resonant (Guardian )

Combines passionate espousal of a cause with the machine-gun narration of a stand-up comic, peppered with good jokes and with the energetically managed, funny and violent action of a manic strip cartoon (Evening Standard )

The book is stuffed with funny lines and the lot is more gripping than any tyre advertisement (New Scientist )

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Too many cars and not enough space equals gridlock.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars A dreadful read 28 Aug 2009
By Mr. W. J. Lamin
Format:Paperback
I finished the book - only because I was stuck on a plane with little else to do.

This must rank as one of the worst books I have ever read - despite Ben Elton's obvious talent.

The plot is silly, the action is just not credible, the characters were one dimensional and the style was irritating.

I enjoyed "First Casualty". In that book, perhaps Mr Elton moved away from the superficial to something serious, and was successful there.

"Gridlock" must have been bought by a publisher as they knew that the Author's name would sell copies, whatever the quality. If he'd submitted this anonymously, it would certainly have ended up, quite correctly, in the bin.
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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars The least impressive of Ben Eltons books. 28 May 2004
By R. Britain
Format:Paperback
Having read a few of Ben Eltons books, and enjoying them immensely, I was expecting the same from Gridlock. After a few dozen pages I realised that there was something different about this book. I found the humour didn't strike the right cord with me. If anything the humour irritated me. It was almost an overdone Black Adder type humour. Its one of Eltons earlier books (1991), I think, and can only assume that he hadn't got out of his Black Adder/Young Ones phase. However it was a good story, and a half decent book, it just wasn't as satisfying a read as 'Popcorn', 'Dead Famous' or 'High Society', which I enjoyed much more.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars bit of a plow 20 April 2011
By jonboy2810
Format:Paperback
Finding a Ben Elton that I hadn't yet read, the last time i was in Age Concern, trawling for old sci-fi books (my Harry Harrison collection is nearly complete, only a few of the later works still to get), I was anticipating a good read, as his works have so far never failed to keep me entertained.

Admittedly, this book did seem to drag it's heels a little at the start, but it is definitely worth ploughing through, for after about 300 pages, it actually starts to get interesting, i hardly connected with, or even sympathised with, any of the characters until after that point.

The story actually held me for a little while after that, but ultimately, unfortunately, the ending seemed a little flat. Definitely not one of his better works.

It won't stop me picking up his books from time to time, but i honestly think he could have done a lot better than this.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
1.0 out of 5 stars How can people give this 5 stars?!?
I first read 'The First Casualty' and thought it was fantastic, a compelling read. I was therefore expecting great things from his other books. Read more
Published on 23 Nov 2008 by MG
1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing in the extreme
This is a book which shows its age as a product of the 80s. OK it would be foolish to expect anything more from Ben Elton but even way back when this first appeared it would have... Read more
Published on 24 Aug 2008 by J. Brand
2.0 out of 5 stars Warning - author in training
Having read a handful of Ben Elton's other offerings, I looked forward to another extrapolation of human behaviour full of believable characters and peppered with humour. Read more
Published on 14 July 2008 by Jadis
5.0 out of 5 stars The best Ben Elton book by far
Having re-read Gridlock for the fifth time since buying the book when it first came out, I would recommend it to anyone new to Ben Elton. Read more
Published on 26 Nov 2007 by S. Watterson
1.0 out of 5 stars Yawn!
I expected much more from Ben Elton than this. I couldn't even get past the first few pages. Actually, after Gridlock it all went down hill and I have read most of his books. Read more
Published on 18 Aug 2007 by WonderWoman
4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable if not entirely memorable.
I actually retrieved this book from my bookshelf thinking that it was one of those many books I have purchased over the years but never had time to read. Read more
Published on 25 May 2007 by Philip Vincent
5.0 out of 5 stars JAMS BOND
This novel is art imitating life to about the extent that a James Bond film does that. It's for Ben Elton's fans, of whom I happen to be one. Read more
Published on 26 Dec 2006 by DAVID BRYSON
1.0 out of 5 stars Seriously disappointing
This offering was substandard to say the least. First of all Elton's attempt at preaching to his reader is artless and unsubtle. Read more
Published on 8 Nov 2006 by Kristin
4.0 out of 5 stars ignored satirical wisdom
I'm judging this book irrespective of Elton's stand-up, which is certainly not to everybody's liking. Read more
Published on 18 Aug 2006 by Holly Golightly
5.0 out of 5 stars Another great Ben Elton
I have come to expect nothing less than great plots and spectular endings from Elton, and this book delivers nothing less. Read more
Published on 2 Jan 2005 by Master Td Chambers
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