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Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks (Hardcover)

by Christopher Brookmyre (Author)
3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
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  • Hardcover: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Little, Brown (2 Aug 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0316730122
  • ISBN-13: 978-0316730129
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.2 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 63,804 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'Sharply satirical and poignantly funny, this is a gripping and highly entertaining read.' Time Out 'Chris Brookmyre is a genius.' Mirror 'Brookmyre has no equal.' Maxim 'Exhilerating linguistic fluency and keenly subversive intelligence' Scotland on Sunday

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'Funny, fast-paced satire... a page-turning slice of Tartan Noir that further enhances Brookmyre's reputation'

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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars oot The Windae, 30 Aug 2007
By Ian Paterson "exiledscotsman" (Newcastle Uk) - See all my reviews
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Was looking forward to this when I saw the title and that it was the return of Parlabane investigative journalist.

The book starts with jack telling us he's dead and it's due to his meeting TV psychic Gabriel Lafayette. The story is told by Parlapane and others in a past tense.As a confirmed cynic he's seen as the perfect candidate to take part in scientific experiemnts to prove or disprove as Jack would say all this pyschic nonsense.

It's only really the second half of the book where the tory gets going and I felt the twists for once were fairly easy to predict. The first half is very slow particularly if you already know the character. Maybe with the last two books not being about Jack, Brookmyre felt the need to reference his previous books more.

There's some genuine laugh out moments I particularly liked the character Spammy's explanation for giving up smoking canabis.

For those loyal Brookmyre readers this is ok not his best but still worth reading. For anyone who hasn't read his books before please don't start with this it won't give you a real feel for how good Brookmyre can be.

Jack Parlabane I thought was a great creation with his dry humour and "criminal" methods of investigating here he's led by others and comes across as stupid

To sum up if you love Brookmyre it's worth reading but if you wait for the paperback version you might be glad you waited and saved a few quid.



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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A welcome change of tone from Brookmyre, 5 Sep 2007
By N. Megahey (Belfast, N Ireland) - See all my reviews
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Well now, this is a pleasant surprise. Brookmyre's last novel was the first to really break the familiar though hugely enjoyable formula of all his other books - incompetent terrorists or wannabee gangsters getting into explosive siege situations with high bodycounts and an even higher expletive quotient. It was a formula however that was starting to get a bit stale, but with 'Blood and Hard Black Pencil' Brookmyre showed that he was capable of stretching his range a little bit. 'Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks' goes much further.

It might be slightly toned-down and lacking the usual barrage of one-liners, but Brookmyre's mordant sarcasm and bitter cynicism is still there, and there is no slacking in the writer's mischievous debunking of the establishment. If anything, his target in 'Rubber Ducks' is a rather more pertinent one than the usual government-led conspiracies, small-time ned gangsters and anonymous terrorist organisations. In his targeting of the fraudsters and tricksters who call themselves mediums, spiritualists and psychic entertainers, it's not too much of a stretch to see he is attacking the credulous public's growing tolerance and acceptance for the unscientific beliefs of Creationism and Intelligent Design and their encroachment into the nation's classrooms. (A few sideswipes at the Holyrood and the Daily Mail don't go amiss either).

Anyone looking for the familiar explosive Brookmyre pyrotechnics is going to be disappointed by this new book, but those who consider the author a talented writer will be delighted to see him develop his style and range and put all that bitter rage towards something more meaningful than the enjoyable but all-blurred-into-one homogeneity of his previous books. It's not perfect however. Brookmyre attempts a few sleights of hand of his own here which are delightful to see play out - his research into the tricks of the trade is evident and he makes a convincing case - but the major revelations are rather predictable in their outcome. Still, it's a welcome new change of direction and a progressive one that is very promising indeed.
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars He's at it again, 16 Oct 2007
By Martin A. Chambers (U.K.) - See all my reviews
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"I don't like books which are full of gratuitous violence, sexual innuendo, and foul language."
"Aye right?"
"Right"
"Well what about Christopher Brookmyre, you like him?"
"He's different, coz you see he can write"
"So if the Guy can write, he needn't use bad language, need he?"
"Ah well he uses it like an artist uses paint. It's brilliant"
"And what's this, this here masterpiece called then?"
"Attack of the unsinkable rubber ducks"
"Funny name"
"Aye, well"
"Would you recommend it to my mother?"
"I'd recommend it to my mother"
"Aye, but your mother's deid."
"All the more reason"
"Come again, whit do you mean?"
"Not telling, you'll have to read it to find out."


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5.0 out of 5 stars Attack of the unsinkable rubber ducks
This is a great book....
Since buying it i have read it quite a few times & i never get fed up of it.. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mrs. L. Stocks

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
A witty take on a modern genre, and works very convincinly pulling you all ways whilst keeping the witty modern scottish dialect and making you laugh all the way in the process
Published 4 months ago by C. Mcmichael

4.0 out of 5 stars Engrossing and entertaining
Despite a slow start this is another engrossing and entertaining read from the excellent Christopher Brookmyre. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Oldevers

2.0 out of 5 stars Holey plotline, Batman!
"Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks" begins promisingly as a "how did they do that?" mystery involving a bunch of sinister psychics who become mixed up with a bid by a... Read more
Published 6 months ago by hw

1.0 out of 5 stars Worst yet
Short and sweet review as opposed to the tedious opening chapter(s). Definitely a change of style moving away from the earlier work and for my tuppence worth not a good move. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Simon Pearson

4.0 out of 5 stars Don't give up
Read and enjoyed all Brookmyre's previous offerings. Picked this up a couple of weeks ago and put it down a couple of hours later. Read more
Published 8 months ago by M. Ross

4.0 out of 5 stars Thank goodness for the superstrong lavvy paper of reason
Jack Parlabane has a problem with unsinkable rubber ducks, those "people who are determined to go on believing in woo, no matter how much evidence to the contrary you present them... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Sphex

5.0 out of 5 stars a revelation
I have to admit that I wasn't familiar with Brookmyre before picking this up, and all I can say is that I'm off to buy the rest - thoroughly enjoyable, well written and humourous... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Mr. P. J. Trace

4.0 out of 5 stars Another Stoater!
Christopher Brookmyre never disappoints and this book is no exception. Jack Parlabane is resurrected as the hero - albeit a dead hero - to guide us through the plot with his... Read more
Published 11 months ago by A. Ritchie

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Brookmyre so far
Well, best of the ones I have read so far. Another great title, this time borrowed from the great James Randi's scathing attack on "believers" in "woo", the ones who can have... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Eric Ambleside

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