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All Fun and Games Until Somebody Loses An Eye

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I think my husband is jealous-- Christopher Brookmyre makes me laugh aloud. Often. Which my (surprise, we live in L.A.) screenwriter husband has noted. At times with an edge in his voice. But it's all fun and games. I am a fan of Brookmyre's other books, all worth reading. The sweetness underlying all the action is charming, as is the intelligence of the characters. Fully enjoyable, if a bit addictive.

.... being a short fat granny instead of a tall thin one like Jane Bell, this novel's heroine. Plus it's a long time since I was a mere 46 years old. However, this book is a tasty guilty pleasure for me and probably for a lot of other women whose lives have been deficient in sports cars, casinos, guns, and castles in the South of France. Really, it seems to have been written on a dare: a complicated James Bond plot (whose protagonists have already seen the movies) in which the main character is a housewife. Jane has heretofore expended her adrenaline raising kids and overcleaning the house, but when her family is threatened by what turns out to be cadres of drug and arms dealers, she does what needs to be done. I would love to see a movie of this, though by the time the plot is resolved it has folded in on itself a few more times than a script could probably handle. There is something very satisfying, about the fact that football fandom is presented as a kind of universal masculine numbness.
Anyway, very funny novel, highly recommended for any woman who has time to read a novel.

I love this book. Wish Mr. Brookmyer's books were readily available in the US. Take a middle age housewife with empty nest longing for adventure but whose greatest challenge is keeping the vacuum lines on the carpet neat, and whose husband is stuck comfortably in his everyday routine, throw her into the midst of a kidnapping, some fast cars, high tech toys and shady characters and things get exciting. A fast paced, page turner. I couldn't put it down.

Lots of action & glamour with a down-to-earth character, with so much humour I was laughing out loud! I haven't had this much fun from a book for a while!