After You with the Pistol (Paperback)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 198 pages
• Publisher: Overlook TP (February 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1585675636
• ISBN-13: 978-1585675630
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #198,311 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lots of fun!, June 8, 2005

By	Glade1 - See all my reviews

While it is a little dated (published in 1979), this book is great fun. It is full of dry, zany British humor and lots of plot twists. I look forward to reading Bonfiglioli's other works. Summary from the cover:

"This caper finds Charlie the recent bridegroom of a voluptuous millionairess who is involved in a plot to assassinate the Queen of England; at the none-too-tender mercies of a Chinese dentist (the inscrutable Lo Fang Hi); and in terrified possession of the costliest baby powder in the world--among other mishaps."

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fairly good sequel, March 13, 2006

By	D. Rahmel "Dan Rahmel" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

After I read the first novel in the series, "Don't Point That Thing at Me," and really enjoyed it, I was looking forward to the further adventures of C. Mortdecai. I wasn't disappointed. While not as tight or well designed as the first novel, the central character Charlie uses the same ironic, charming banter that makes these books unique.

Since the author was an art dealer, there are several fascinating descriptions of art restoration and forgery techniques. Many have compared the Bonfiglioli writing to P.G. Wodehouse. As a nod of acknowledgement, Mortdecai mentions Wodehouse a couple of times in the novel.

If you liked the first one, be sure to pick this one up as well.

3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Oh, how I wanted to like this book., October 10, 2005

By	R. B. Bernstein "R. B. Bernstein, Adjunct Pro... (Brooklyn, New York USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Because of Leo Carey's wry, admiring, melancholy essay in THE NEW YORKER, I grabbed this novel, its prequel, and its sequel when I found them at a local used bookstore, and oh, how I wanted to like them more than I ended up doing. But they're just not as good as the hype. They drift all over the place [to be fair, Carey admitted that devotees of mysteries would find these books too undisciplined], and the narrator's aggressively amoral personality -- imagine P. G. Wodehouse's Bertie Wooster crossed with Jonathan Gash's Lovejoy -- can wear on one after a while. The plots are made of Swiss cheese, at best, and these books are also sadly dated in their views of women. Maybe it's because I read the Lovejoy books before these -- if I had come to them without knowing about Lovejoy, I would have enjoyed them more.