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by Mark Gatiss (Author)
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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd; First Edition edition (6 Nov 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 074325709X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0743257091
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.8 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 258,685 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Independent on Sunday 29/10

'Mark Gatiss turns his attention to the thrilling tales of the
1920s and 1930s to inspire his colourful sequel'


The Times 4/11

'This hugely entertaining piece of high camp glitters with [The
League of Gentlemen's] trademark felicities...Impeccable pastiche'
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5.0 out of 5 stars The 27th most dangerous man in Islington strikes again!, 21 Nov 2006
Mark Gatiss' splendid second book in his Lucifer Box trilogy catches up with our eponymous hero twenty years after the Edwardian adventures of `The Vesuvius Club'.

Lucifer is now middle aged and feeling under threat from a new generation of secret agents. He's still beautiful and his body lean (as he informs the reader from time to time) but there is now a subtle underlying wariness and vulnerability to Box, which somehow matches the late 1920s historical setting & the darker plotline.

The story opens with Lucifer's latest mission, a hit on a New York gangster, in a cold, wintry 1920s New York. He receives unrequested help in this matter from Percy Flarge, one of the young challengers to Box's supreme position as `the best'.

It is amid this art deco New York setting that Box is assigned to observe the activities of F.A.U.S.T fascist leader Olympus Mons & find out about the possible threat he and his band of Amber Shirts may pose.

That threat becomes terrifyingly clear as the brilliantly fast paced and exciting adventure develops. Mons is a fascist Satanist who will stop at nothing to harness the forces of darkness & have the Devil himself at his side in his bid for world power!

`The Devil in Amber' makes you reel at the inventiveness on display - a thrilling plot that is dynamic and gripping, it will leave you breathless as it builds to its dramatic conclusion.

Mark Gatiss' brilliant use of language helps create such tension and atmosphere as well providing an unerringly convincing historical setting. His writing is also effortlessly witty - this book appeals on so many different levels.

The comic tone in `The Devil in Amber' is much darker than `The Vesuvius Club'. This is partly due to the plot, which takes in the rise of Fascism, satanic threats and the spectre of the Devil.

There is however also a melancholic undercurrent which suffuses the whole book too. Lucifer is one of the generation who survived the First World War & there are subtle expressions of vulnerability, mortality and sad, bitter memories - none more so than when Box pays a solitary visit to a lonely war memorial in the unforgiving cold of the Swiss countryside.

This is reflected in the terser, colder language which skilfully matches & plays with the popular adventure genre of the late 1920s and 1930s period.

There is light to balance the shade. Lucifer Box's first person narration provides one liners which drip from his lips with ease, as if he were casually tapping ash from a lit cigarette. Not only are they extremely funny but they encapsulate his personality wonderfully.

Lucifer has a very memorable adversary in Olympus Mons. The descriptions of Mons' Hitlerian rages are fantastic. You really do feel you are in the presence of a psychotic, unhinged megalomaniac.

I also have to mention, in complete contrast to the demonic Mons, the wonderful Mrs Croup, who comes to Lucifer's aid. An aged, sex starved Australian who is obsessed with real life murders & collects newspaper cuttings on them, she is a superb comic grotesque, whose sayings made me laugh out loud.

The quality of `The Devil in Amber' is too damn good to be just an entertaining pastiche of a Boy's Own adventure of the period. Both of Mark's Lucifer Box books are fantastic reads in their own right & with the narrative arcs, background stories and attention to detail that The League of Gentlemen have always provided, we can only hope for many further Lucifer Box stories to come.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Devilish Triumph..., 20 Dec 2006
By Chamber Pot (Hertfordshire) - See all my reviews
Fans of Mark Gatiss will revel in this wonderfully written, absurd, erotically charged James Bond meets, well...the league of gentlemen adventure.
This is the second installment of the charismatic rogue Lucifer Box, and it's every bit as fast paced and witty as the first. Mark Gatiss is an utter genius, his use of the english language is pure poetry, I really can not rave enough about this titillating read of fiendish proportions!
It's enough to quicken even a dead mans pulse.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars In pursuit of the Lamb , 25 Oct 2006
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Another gripping chapter in the continuing adventures of Lucifer Box. This time our aging-yet still magnificent-hero finds himself embroiled in a fascist plot playing out on both sides of the Atlantic. Mark Gatiss' fast-paced and witty prose continues to be thoroughly enjoyable in what I hope will be merely the opening volumes in this series.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Wit, Charm, and Brimstone
Debonair secret agent Lucifer Box is given the task of infiltrating the Fascist Amber Shirt organisation run by Olympus Mons. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Paul D

4.0 out of 5 stars Oscar Wilde meets the 39 Steps
This is the second of the Box mysteries I've read and I enjoyed it thoroughly. The mystery again plays second fiddle to the wonderful character of Lucifer Box, who is such a... Read more
Published 6 months ago by K. J. McKeon

3.0 out of 5 stars Good Fun - But It Does Not "Follow On" From Book 1
Just as witty, enjoyable and fun to read as The Vesuvious Club, this second Lucifer Box novel will be well received by fans, however, it seems strange that Mark Gatiss has opted... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Scots Lass

3.0 out of 5 stars Witty and a humerous read
This is the second book from Mark Gatiss about our hero Lucifer Box. Box now feeling his age has been apparently demoted in the Queen's secret service. Read more
Published 7 months ago by C. Valcin

5.0 out of 5 stars Back for more
Lucifer returns in this second story from Mark Gatiss and it is just brilliant stuff. Would love a book that fills in the gap between this and the first story but I guess we can't... Read more
Published 17 months ago by PH

3.0 out of 5 stars '. . . since Flashman'
Not a bad bit of escapist nonsense, but the '. . . since Flashman' comparisons are somewhat overblown. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Mr. David Sawyer

5.0 out of 5 stars Lucifer Box is back
Although I respect Mr Davywavy's eloquent review of the Devil in Amber I in no way think it deserves only 2 stars. Hence forth I have given it 5 stars to even it out. Read more
Published 21 months ago by P. J. CAVANAGH

5.0 out of 5 stars glorious
Buy buy buy! more ripping yarns from Gatiss.A truly great storyteller in an old school way but with a modern twist of humour.Marvellous from start to finish!
Published 22 months ago by hammondo

2.0 out of 5 stars Must try harder
I really wanted to enjoy this book. I'm a fan of Mark Gatiss and The League of Gentlemen, and enjoyed the first Lucifer Box adventure enough to seek out 'The Devil In Amber'... Read more
Published on 16 Oct 2007 by Simon T.

4.0 out of 5 stars Humourous Spy humour
Following on from Mark's Vesuvius Club, the reader really does have a great time reading the exploits of the 1930's Bisexual answer to James Bond. Read more
Published on 19 Sep 2007 by Gareth Wilson

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