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  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books (1 Jun 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1843172836
  • ISBN-13: 978-1843172833
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (88 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,133 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The Daily Sport, 2nd June 07
"This particular Anonymous has decided to take a fistful of drugs and gone
on a literary genre-bender... punchy and witty... reading this mad book
feels like riding one of those bikes with square wheels... a slightly
strange experience but a lot of fun"

Zoo Magazine, July 07
"Possibly drug-induced lunacy of a book" - 4 stars


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132 of 175 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Surprising, 18 Aug 2006
This review is from: The Book with No Name (Paperback)
It's fair to say that when my girlfriend gave me this as a present I wasn't best impressed. The plot suggests that everyone who reads the book ends up dead, so I thought she was trying to get rid of me in a particularly cowardly fashion. In fact maybe she was, I guess I'll never know. Fact of the matter is, I plucked up the guts to read it anyway, and it was good enough that I managed to persuade the girlfriend to read it too.
I'd be keen to know if the anonymous author is an established writer or a total nobody, but either way I'd happily buy another of his/her books. The story flows from the outset and the plot unravels at a rapid pace from about a third of the way in. There are some really original ideas in here, but this is definitely not to everyone's taste. There's a lot of bad language and some truly unpleasant characters. It's often hard to tell who the good guys are, because all of the characters have flaws. I often found myself rooting for characters who were liars, thieves or even murderers simply because they were somehow likeable. There's lots of references to films too, sometimes unneccessarily so, but often to humourous effect, although if you haven't seen the film(s) in question this could prove irritating. However, almost every chapter ends in a cliffhanger of some sort that make this book damn near impossible to put down. I read it in two days and I'm looking forward to reading it again to see if I can spot more of the clues I missed first time round. There are some really cool characters in The Book With No Name and it's them as much as the story that make this such an entertaining read. Not for the squeamish (or indeed those who fear they might be killed after reading it!!) but definitely one for anyone who likes a good murder mystery and a few laughs in amidst all the bloodshed. Of course you could just buy it for someone you don't like and then if they don't get killed you'll know it's safe to try it yourself!!
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13 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Ham with cheese..., 29 April 2007
By J. J. Blackbourn "Sloop Jon B" (Spalding, UK) - See all my reviews
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Firstly, let me say why I read this book. I have become so disillusioned with recent best sellers, especially the po-faced pretentious dross that ends up on the Richard & Judy list of shame. I generally prefer books with lots of short chapters that end on a cliff-hanger and this is a great example. Now what you need to understand is, this book begs, borrows, steals, rents, flaunts and scavenges from literally dozens of other films and books - often very clumsily. And so on to the plot. Vampires, cowboys, monks, sluts, tough guys, gringos, dodgy bars, blood and gore. Any questions? A novel which contains large amounts of the above is not going to win prizes for subtlety or character development but for pure entertainment value it is pretty good. Trashy? Yes. Tacky? Definitely. Engrossing? You bet. I really enjoyed reading this book, it was like a breath of fresh air, or rather, cigarette smoke (as an ex-smoker, I still crave that...). I know why some reviewers would give this no stars but as a holiday read it works. The plot actually only touches on the idea of the book with no name, the central theme in the novel is just unfiltered violence. Give it a try.
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28 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Superb, 2 Dec 2007
This book is seriously weird, I've never read anything like it before. It reads like a movie script with lots of humour and action so you never get bored. It takes a while to work out what the plot is and where all the characters fit in, but the second half of the book is just amazing. I don't know how to really sum this up in words, but it's worth a go. It is incredibly gory at times, but it's obviously very tongue in cheek and not in the least bit conventional, so if you like something that can't be pigeon-holed in to a specific genre then this is ideal. A really easy read.
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