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The Portable Door (Paperback)

by Tom Holt (Author)
4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
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  • Paperback: 416 pages
  • Publisher: Orbit; New edition edition (5 Feb 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1841492086
  • ISBN-13: 978-1841492087
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.7 x 3.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 25,910 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'hugely inventive and highly amusing ...His sharply observed dialogue and the desire to think round corners and u-bends distinguish Holt's books. He has the ability to make the reader laugh out loud and should be treasured.' COMPUTERCROWSNEST 'A definite m

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‘Frothy, fast and funny’ --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Very satisfying read, 16 Jan 2004
By D. S. Roberts "dewirobs" (Wales) - See all my reviews
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This is a brilliant book from a writer I enjoy but find rather hit and miss. Like others have mentioned, this is Tom Holt very much 'on form', with a well-written story full of wonderful wit and likeable characters. Paul Carpenter is the typical Holt pathetic main character, who starts a very strange office job with a sour-faced girl, who he happens to falls for and refrains from quitting his insane job to stay with. Together they tackle the insanely boring tasks they're set and eventually become friends as they try to discover the true meaning behind the company. Their relationship is enjoyable to watch as it unfolds, beginning, as always, with what seems to be mutual contempt. The characters are well designed and the tension between them creates a lot of touching 'moments', all of which are amusingly noted by Paul himself. I found the story came together very well, with lots of very strange things happening near the beginning all being explained at the end. More than one of the revelations that occurred made me smile and say out loud 'Of course!', which I'd say was the mark of a good book. Topped with some insane characters (just wait 'til Mr Tanner's mum appears) and Holt's token observational wit, this is a madcap read that I highly enjoyed. Good stuff.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars this man is sick, sick, sick, 17 Jan 2005
Imagine yourself beeing twenty-something, a total nerd with absolutely no future involving women in any way. welcome to Pauls world. suddenly he finds himself stuck with a job he didn't really want in the first place, spending all day with a woman that he doesn't like (but nevertheless falls in love with, by old habit) doing utterly meaningless things. And then strange things start to happen.
Mr Holt is a captivating writer. he steals your time so effortlessly you don't even notice it until it's 4 o'clock in the morning and you know your alarmclock is going off at 6...

while reading this book my husband constantly had to ask me what's so funny, cause i kept laughing load, and calling mr Holt a sick person. his writing combined with my own vivid fantasy and vizualisation made reading 'the portable door' an experience. I'm looking forward to reading 'in your dreams' once i get hold of a copy...

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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Forget Potter, meet a real trainee wizard, 10 April 2003
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This review is from: The Portable Door (Hardcover)
Holt is back on form! After a couple of books which are good by normal standards, but not up to the author in full flight, we get a story which feels planned. It opens a bit like a re-hash of his previous book (Little People) and reads as if you could never have sympathy with the hero, but persevere, because it turns round into a wonderful comic tale.

The story twists and turns as you would expect from Mr. Holt and some of the throw-aways are beautiful. Try and count the references to other fantasy/comic fantasy books.

Overall a great read but only gets 4 stars because he has written better - see "Who's Afraid of Beowulf" and "Valhalla" or my own favourite "Flying Dutch"

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The reviews I have read of this book I actually read after I had finished it and I noticed then that Tom Holt has quite a cult following behind him. Read more
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