- Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd (3 Jun 1999)
- ISBN-10: 0340750480
- ISBN-13: 978-0340750483
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 11.2 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 388,012 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The Times
‘Ideal holiday reading'
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'Ideal holiday reading' -- The Times 'A work of rude and rumbustious vigour, the perfect companion for this summer's holiday' -- Evening Standard 'Great, fast moving, irreverent comic crime' -- Sarah Broadhurst
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I found this book a very entertaining read during a recent holiday in the sun. Marc Blake created strong characters and kept a complex story line moving at a fast but enjoyable pace. Well worth reading.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I must admit I find amazon odd sometimes. Or more specifically, I find the reviews odd. I personally found this book thoroughly entertaining and was actually quite disappointed to finish it. I don't quite understand how books like the long midnight of Barney Thompson can be rated at 5 stars and a book like this only 4. Lets put it down to differing tastes shall we?
I thought enough of it that I bought Marc Blakes other two books on the strength of it. Although they didn't live up to the standard set by sunstroke, they were still thoroughly entertaining.
Sunstroke itself is probably never going to be studied by generations of future literature students as a masterpiece, but this in itself is a shame, as there seems to much emphasis on craft rather than entertainment these days. The ending is perhaps a bit predictable, but the characters are wonderful. Personally, I would say read it. It's really very good!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is best read abroad. If you read this book on your hols especially anywhere they speak spanish you'll love it.
I wouldn't class it as "a lads book" although it deals with sex, porn, drugs and gangsters, but who said those were solely the property of men?
Good "little" twist but a bit of a daft ending for the main geezer and girl.
I wouldn't class it as "a lads book" although it deals with sex, porn, drugs and gangsters, but who said those were solely the property of men?
Good "little" twist but a bit of a daft ending for the main geezer and girl.
Not the best book I've ever read(that was Mr.Commitment by Mike Gayle), but a bloody good read abroad.
If I haven't made myself clear,
TAKE THIS BOOK ON HOLIDAY WITH YOU!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Readable but disappointing
I enjoyed the book but thought it was let down by weak protagonists, half-completed ideas and some frankly unbelievable plotting,relying rather too much on co-incidence. Read more
Published on 14 July 2000 by Mr. Ian P. Scott
Fast, pacy, funny, sometimes hilarious crime thriller
Didnt really know what to expect from this book, judging by the cover, and it is strangely hard to get into at first, but once you start to get into it, it is fascinating, with a... Read more
Published on 9 July 2000
The official beach book!!!
This book was packed is set on holiday and alonside the underlying romance, sex and drugs there is a fantastic, gripping storyline.
Published on 17 Aug 1999
I couldn't put it down
A thoroughly enjoyable mix of racy adventure bordering on slapstick, and sharp comment about the 90s British male. Very entertaining. Read more
Published on 1 Aug 1999
Superb, funny and fast with excellent characters and vivid
Best costa-del-crime holiday read ever!
Fast paced and very funny. If you are going to Spain on holiday this book is for you! Read more
Published on 28 May 1999
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