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Charlie Mortdecai is a louche art dealer with some distinctly dubious friends in the London underworld and some great connections to the British upper classes. He features in the three brilliant black-comedy thrillers originally published in the 70sand collected in this volume: DON'T POINT THAT THING AT ME, AFTER YOU WITH THE PISTOL, and SOMETHING NASTY IN THE WOODSHED. 'A writer capable of a rare mixture of wit and imaginative unpleasantness' Julian Barnes
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Kyril Bonfiglioli died in his fifties in 1985. After Oxford, he worked as an art dealer. He described himself as "a marrier of beautiful women and a fair shot with most weapons". He wrote four Charlie Mortdecai novels, and left a fifth unfinished which has recently been completed by Craig Brown. They have become cult books, with admirers ranging from Julian Barnes to Craig Brown and Miles Kington.
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When you burn an old carved and gilt picture frame it makes a muted hissing noise in the grate - a son of genteel fooh - and the gold leaf tints the flames a wonderful peacock blue-green. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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When you burn an old carved and gilt picture frame it makes a muted hissing noise in the grate - a son of genteel fooh - and the gold leaf tints the flames a wonderful peacock blue-green. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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No plot, no plan, and the best stories I've ever read.,
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This review is from: The Mortdecai Trilogy (Paperback)
I came across this book by complete chance in a second hand shop, and picked it up because I was intrigued by the cover - and read the first few pages, and was startled. I took it home and read the lot. I laughed my head off, shed a tear at one point, and was utterly fascinated. I have no idea why this author isn't the most famous writer of the 20th century. The (anti) hero of these stories has such a witty turn of phrase, the descriptions are vivid, and there is no plot or story whatsoever (OK, there is with the last of the trilogy, but the first two don't have a trace). And still it managed to be great. Do read it, it's full of fabulous one liners.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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An inky black comic masterpiece,
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This review is from: The Mortdecai Trilogy (Paperback)
The Mortdecai trilogy has to be one of the best undiscovered literary gems of the past few years. Imagine Tom Sharpe re-creating George Macdonald Frasers Flashman and you begin to conjur up the raffish, louche anti-hero The Hon. Charles Mortdecai. The trilogy is a collection of earlier works which is elegantly and hilariously written. It has the added bonus of avoiding most of the usual profanities and obscenities that one might associate with a novel of this genre. Buy it and you won't be disappointed.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Masterpiece,
By Bill Ford "Author of 'High Energy Habits - th... (Kew, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Mortdecai Trilogy (Paperback)
These little books are beautifully done - a mixture of urbanity, cruelty and wit that is delicious. This is the only fiction book I have read 3 or more times. I know he does not sell well but if I wrote fiction I would want it to be like this. The main thing is they are so funny - somewhat dark humour but the humour is very strong and it helps that he so enjoys the finer things in life.
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