- Paperback: 298 pages
- Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd; New edition edition (3 Jan 1991)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0099740206
- ISBN-13: 978-0099740209
- Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 11 x 2.4 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 409,730 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In the world of antiques there is one great remaining scam - to rob the British Museum. When Lovejoy is employed as an antiques advisor on a film set, the murder, mayhem and double-crossing are not confined to the film. This is the 13th book in the Lovejoy series.
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In the world of antiques it is the last great scam, the very last gambado – robbing the British Museum. 'Lovejoy' is employed by a film company to advise on antiques and to devise a means of pulling off the ultimate robbery. It's all make-believe, of course – or is it?
'Lovejoy' is drawn ever deeper into a web of deceit, betrayal, forgery, theft and murder, and soon finds that he must work fast to ensure his own survival.
"Definitely one of the happiest creations of recent crime fiction"
OXFORD MAIL
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Not for the faint of heart
14 Jun 1999
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Nicholas Gash is always entertaining but he isn't always informative. Despite best efforts to keep characters straight, track possible motives and alibis and follow a labyrinthine plot, it was still difficult to figure out what the hell was going on. The plot fairly gallops and Lovejoy is truly delightful, but I got a little weary always trying to figure out how things matched up. I will no doubt tackle another Lovejoy soon, but I will need a break before I do so.
Do yourself a favor and read this and skip California Game Entirely
1 July 2006
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This book was the next published after Jade woman. Chronologially California Game follows Jade woman as Lovejoy fled Hong Kong in Jade Woman to the USA where he encountered the California Game. The Very Last Gambado is a good book. Do youself a favor and skip California Game entirely. I had been enjoying the Lovejoy series until that awful book that should never have been published.
The caper to end all capers!
1 Mar 2005
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This is a big, brash Lovejoy caper, and as wonderful as it is, I wouldn't recommend this to be read before any other books in this wonderful series. This book's plot and the huge caper are very complex, and Lovejoy has really bitten off more than he can chew in this one. Lovejoy is recruited to act as a consultant for a film about a robbery from the British Museum. Lovejoy knows all along that he's a pawn in some crook's game, but he can't figure out why they need him. Lovejoy, you're too modest - not only are you a divy, but your reputation preceeds you! Anyway, Lovejoy ends up mixing up with some very bad people, and he even finds himself in between two mob bosses that are after each other's blood. I love all the books in this series, but I would have to say that this particular book is my favourite so far. It is the "very last gambado" (the big score), just as the title states.
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