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The off-kilter imagination that made Aberystwyth Mon Amour such fun is firing on all cylinders again.
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'A sustained masterpiece of dark imagination... I am already looking forward to future volumes in this marvellously surreal Welsh noir series' Daily Telegraph 'Combines Monty Python absurdity with tenderness for the twisted world of noir... Add a clown, a brain in a box and an endearing gallery of grotesques and stir maliciously. Priceless' Guardian 'Pryce is in a league of his own ... effortless and hilarious ... Pryce's novels show disturbing signs of becoming a cult. If only Aberystwyth was really like this' Time Out
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Having really enjoyed the first book in the series i approached 'Last Tango' with eagerness. Sadly it's proved to be a bit of a one joke novel. I think the idea of a Philip Marlowe character walking the streets of Aber is worth more development. Sadly the author has taken his character in the direction of the just plain ridiculous rather than the noir theme. Events in this novel get more and more fantastical moving the novel into a completely different category. I'm not sure which one but it's not the direction i hoped the novels would go in. If you're looking for a novel where anything can and does happen then you may enjoy this. If you're looking for a detective story with a different spin but essentially stays within the genre then this probably isn't for you.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Reading this book took me back over thirty years to my mis-spent youth as a student in Aberystwyth. Whilst the wider picture is fictitious (the town half-ruined after a bombed reservoir flooded down the hillside), the detail is just so authentic. The odd folk who frequented The Angel (I know, cos I wus there!), the ventriloquists with their dummies who frequented the upper reaches of Great Darkgate Street (yup, that's where the Students Union HQ was!), the apprentice thugs in the pubs around the station (yes - no student ever went near The Terminus, and lived), and the ladies of dubious repute in Welsh cozzies who frequent the Prom (I wish!! - the only kick I got on the Prom was The Bar!!). And, I have to say, the Welsh activists were prominent when I was there too - FFred FFrancis & Co. So, if you ever lived in Aber, this is the book for you, and if you didn't, it's still worth the pryce! Can't wait to read Aber Mon Amour, and then the next instalment...
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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Last Tango in Aberystwyth is a follow up novel to Pryce's first book, Aberystwyth Mon Amour, which was also about Aberystwyth's only Private Investigator, Louie Knight.
The book transposes the conventions of American noir fiction into the frankly bizarre setting of Aberystwyth, complete with maniacal druids, Professors of Undertaking, donkey farmers, and philosophical ice-cream salesmen.
It is quite silly, but manages to be entertaining rather than self-indulgent, and there is a decent detective story at the heart of the book, so it appeals to everybody. I laughed in the right places, and I was engrossed in the story, and if that's what you want from a book, then this will fulfil that.
However, I only gave it four stars for two reasons; firstly, I'd strongly advice you to read the first book, Aberstwyth Mon Amour, first, to get an idea of the main characters. Secondly, if you think the plot summary sounds silly, and you want something more serious, you may very well be put off by this. However, if you like Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, Jasper Fforde, or even Raymond Chandler, you'll feel at home with this book.
Overall, this was a great read, short, funny, and a complete story. I'm not desperate to read it again immediately, but it is a rewarding book. I'd say buy it.
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A classic remake with a Welsh lilt
This is '50s PI fiction at its best but in the incongruous setting of Wales most Westerly town. Malcom Pryce has bought the towns detective Louie to an appreciative audience and I... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mr. B. Roberts
Interesting read
Bought this on a friends advice for a long flight ... Bit slow to start but is engaging if you keep going ..
Published 18 months ago by PeteG
Druid gangsters... what's not to like?
Second of Malcolm Pryce's Chandleresque private eye novels set in Aberystwyth of Druid gangsters. I liked this one better than the first; I felt Pryce relaxed a little and let his... Read more
Published 24 months ago by Isafish
Last Tango in Abersystwyth
This book is amazing, especially as I lived in Abersytwyth during the period in the book. It is funny and witty as are all Malcolm Pryce's books.
Published on 22 Jun 2009 by Ms. M. E. Akers
Series just gets better
Last Tango in Aberystwyth Just when I thought that no-one could compete with Jasper Fforde in the madness stakes along came Malcolm Pryce with these wonderful pastiches of 30/40s... Read more
Published on 4 April 2009 by Gill Fowler
brilliant book - why isn't it on telly?
This is such a funny book, creating a mock Welsh world full of Pythonesque imagery, punnery and just wonderfully surreal. Read more
Published on 22 Oct 2008 by Andy Green
Batty
Even better than Aberystwyth Mon Amour. It made me laugh out loud in a few places and I am looking forward to reading the next in the series.
Published on 1 July 2008 by anonnymouseling
Still original
This book follows on from Malcolm Pryce's previous book 'Abersytwyth Mon Amour' and takes place three yeas after the flood which destroyed much of Aberystwyth life. Read more
Published on 25 Feb 2007 by A. K. Davis
Last tango last's a life time
This book is an intriguing read being neither fully crime nor comedy. It delves through the seedy underbelly of the infamous welsh coastal resort from the rock dealers to chinese... Read more
Published on 5 Jan 2006 by D J Churchill
moving on
Return visit to the little town of Aber thingy. Moving on from the 1st book, and story/characters building well. If you like the first - more of the same enjoyable reading
Published on 7 Aug 2005
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