Getting Rid of Mister Kitchen [Import] [Paperback]

Charlie Higson (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Abacus; New e. edition (December 4, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0351318704
• ISBN-13: 978-0351318702
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Charlie Higson is an acclaimed comedy writer, producer, actor, and genuine James Bond aficionado. He is the author of the adult thrillers, Full Whack and King of the Ants; the internationally best-selling Young Bond series: SilverFin, Blood Fever, Double or Die, Hurricane Gold, and By Royal Command; and the YA apocalyptic thriller: The Enemy, which he wrote to frighten his ten-year-old son. He lives in London. Follow him on Twitter at: twitter.com/monstroso

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5.0 out of 5 stars Laugh, I nearly died., September 5, 2002

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This review is from: Getting Rid of Mister Kitchen (Paperback)

Quite simply one of the funniest books I have ever read. My sides were splitting by the end of the first page and it got funnier from there on in. Fast paced story with lot's of interesting and believable characters. If only all books were this good.

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Higson, August 30, 2006

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Pitoucat (UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Getting Rid of Mister Kitchen (Paperback)

This was the fourth novel from Charles Higson, who has since found fame as writer, producer and performer on the BBC-TV comedy series THE FAST SHOW. His previous novels had set a high standard in their mixture of comedy and thrills, and the new one is no exception, although it does take off at an even more extreme tangent than its predecessors.

The unnamed hero wakes up in a bad mood, not helped by the weather forecaster getting it totally wrong once again, and so, when Mister Kitchen calls around to inspect the car he has for sale, he ends up killing him. As you do. No problem; he simply has to dispose of the body before it's discovered, and then everything will be OK again. He has a good plan, because he's done this kind of thing before, but this is just not his day, and the elements all conspire to defeat his attempts. As he battles against unsurmountable odds he merely digs himself deeper and deeper into the mire, and even consumption of the complete pharmacopoeia of drugs does not seem to help.

Higson has produced a minor classic whose scenes of drug induced frenzy stand comparison with Hunter S Thompson's FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS. It's also a very funny book, in the black comedy sense, although with some thought-provoking comments on ecology, evolution, religion, and the British class system. A fast-moving rip-roaring riot of a read.

5.0 out of 5 stars A true favourite!, April 1, 2005

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Happy reader "Happy reader" (Denmark) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Getting Rid of Mister Kitchen (Paperback)

When I first got this book, I wasn't familiar with the writings of Charles Higson. I was hit by his humour, the pace, and the twists and turns of this hilarious story. I didn't put the book down when I first opened it - I simply had to read it all. It was back in 1997, and since then I've read the book two more times. Even if I know what's to come I enjoy the dialogue and the bizarre scenes. So funny. Since then I've read other books by Charles Higson, but this stays my absolute favourite.