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The Girl with the Golden Bouffant: An Original Jane Bond Parody [Paperback]

Mabel Maney (Author)
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May 4, 2004

Another hilarious Bond parody in the shape of THE GIRL WITH THE GOLDEN BOUFFANT. James Bond′s out of commission and his sister Jane must step once more into his shoes, his smoking jacket, and his girlfriend′s bedroom...

When James Bond lands in hospital as the result of a nasty facial burn - while lighting a bird′s cigarette, his hair pomade explodes -- Jane Bond, his lesbian twin sister and occasional impersonator, once again dons suit and scars to masquerade as her infamous brother. Her destination: the annual spy convention in the glamorous Las Vegas of the Rat Pack era. Her assignment: to keep her brother′s reputation intact through a carefully plotted program of gambling, boozing, and womanising.

Along for the ride are British Secret Service Agent Cedric Pumpernickel, Jane′s only ally in the male spy world, and glamorous girlfriend, and G.E.O.R.G.I.E. agent, Bridget St Claire, who finds herself the unwilling love interest of a scrawny lounge singer who, along with his pack of friends, begins a campaign to bed her.The relatively ordinary convention - featuring the latest in jet pack transportation and stylish decoder rings - becomes the scene for murder when someone tosses an Estonian secret agent off the observation deck of Hoover Dam. Days spent at the blackjack table - and nights in the arms of her beautiful girlfriend - come to an abrupt end as Jane uncovers a nefarious plot to eliminate all the best spies of the western world.

Complicating the plot is a romance gone sour: an affair between Agent Pumpernickel and musical sensation Liberace has ended badly, and when Pumpernickel takes to his bed with a box of chocolates and a copy of Queen magazine, Jane must become England′s top-action man and stop the killer before he stops her.


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Irrepressible lesbian secret spy Jane Bond is back in the flawed second installment of Maney's campy riff on the adventures of the Queen's favorite agent, 007, featuring his masquerading sister, known as 007½. It is 1966, and Jane is once again pressed into service impersonating her out-of-commission brother, James, at an annual, very secret all-male spy convention in Las Vegas. Jane is actually a double agent, a member of the even more secret all-female spy agency G.E.O.R.G.I.E. (Girls in Europe Organized to Right Grievances and Insure Equality), where her true allegiance lies. Jane heads to gambling heaven with fellow agent Cedric Pumpernickel, followed by her sexy undercover girlfriend, Bridget St. Claire, also a G.E.O.R.G.I.E. agent. A slew of wacky Vegas characters add color and pizzazz to Jane's adventures, which take a deadly turn when one of the convention's spies is tossed off the nearby Hoover Dam. As Jane discovers that the world's top agents are to be methodically eliminated one by one, she and her colleagues must race to stop the killer as well as to keep Jane's true identity secret. Maney (Kiss the Girls and Make Them Spy; The Case of the Not-So-Nice Nurse) ably parodies Ian Fleming's original Bond novels, including the sort of madcap details and outrageous stunts to be expected. However, the overwhelming number of minor characters and overly exhaustive side plots detract from the main story line, and the silly dialogue proves tricky to untangle. This is still a fun romp, certain to do well for the target gay and lesbian market.
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James Bond having been rendered comatose in an ill-advised adventure, his twin sister Jane must fill his shoes as agent 007--literally. Of course, Jane, aka 007, isn't an exact replica; for that she needs shoulder padding, itchy prosthetic chest hair, and who knows what else. Fortunately, Miss Tuppenny, intrepid agency secretary, has formed a mirror secret agency of women operatives, and to it Jane and her lover, Bridget St. Clair, belong. Its handle? Girls in Europe Organized to Right Grievances and Insure Equality--G.E.O.R.G.I.E. As for the plot here, it's a comedy of errors for Jane, partly because, disguised as a bored Italian contessa, she is separated from Bridget. Maney had many rolling on the floor with her "Nancy Clue" lesbian detective tales, complete with femme and butch sidekicks, and her new parody of a series often read itself with tongue in cheek keeps the hilarity cooking. Sure to please Maney fans and earn her many more. Whitney Scott
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Product Details

  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (May 4, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0380803119
  • ISBN-13: 978-0380803118
  • Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,693,271 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Not up to par, July 19, 2004
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I am a huge Mabel Maney fan, but I was disappointed in this book. There's no light hearted romance in this book--just endless inventories of horrible 1950s pop culture items, and tiresome characters beating each other up. Jane spends the entire book in drag with a glued-on unibrow. Way too much of the book is about Cedric and his unappealing love interest. I kept waiting to be entertained and charmed, as I inevitably am by Maney, and instead I felt just slightly ill. Read the Nancy Clue books or the original Jane Bond parody, but borrow this one from someone who will take it back.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Hugely intelligent, achingly funny, May 7, 2004
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Mabel Maney is in cahoots with her reader and trusts them to get the jokes, and this James Bond parody abounds with them. She's a hugely intelligent writer, but don't let that stop you. There's a gem lurking in every sentence--her writing bears close inspection. Maney's sly social commentary sneaks up on you, and her own sense of laughter is infectious. Wonderful foolishness combined with a keenly observed sense of the world we live in.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars How do you parody Las Vegas?, May 4, 2004
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This is a wonderful, wonderful book. I read all of Mabel Maney's Nancy Drew parodies, and the James Bond parody before this one. This one is also James (Jane) Bond, but it brings us back to American sixties kitsch, which is Maney's strong suit. There's just so much to make fun of, from the hokey FBI schtick to the "Dorothy Duncan Defrost-Off" competition. The funniest bit is the scene where the spy girls are doing a make-over of the spoiled wife of Sammy Martini (read "famous dissolute lounge act whose name had to be changed in order to avoid legal, or mob, action") and you're not sure whether they are going to fix her hair or carry out a hit. But there's a ton of classic Americana in here. I never want to eat frozen food again. But I do want to visit "old" Las Vegas.
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