Kyril Bonfiglioli's final novel follows the Hon. Charlie Mortdecai from adventure to misadventure via Jersey and Moscow to a final showdown in a Buckinghamshire bungalow of unparalleled hideousness. Tackling en route an unhealthy sprinkling of well-seasoned academics, a cryptic monk, an aristocratic Chief Constable, and more spies than you could shoehorn into a black stretch limo, Mordecai finds himself embroiled in another mission of international insecurity. Left unfinished at the time of the author's death, the celebrated satirist and parodist Craig Brown supplies the penultimate, plot-resolving chapter.
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Swordsman, scholar, wit and eccentric, Kyril Bonfiglioli was author of the deliciously funny The Mortdecai Trilogy. He died in Jersey in 1985. Craig Brown writes weekly columns for the Independent on Sunday, Guardian, Mail on Sunday, Daily Telegraph and Private Eye. He lives by the Suffolk seaside.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
a dead man's shoes,
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This review is from: Great Mortdecai Moustache Mystery (Paperback)
It can't be easy stepping into a dead man's shoes - and judging Craig Brown is pointless - at least we do have another CVCM novel.Sections of the book are on a par with Something Nasty (especially the interview with the Dominicans) ... others clearly aren't, including, sadly, the ending. This leads me to suggest that this is one for the fans - Bonfiglioli's past glories are enough to keep you going to the end. Perhaps it's as well Mr Brown wasn't able to tie up all the loose ends, thus leaving us with the luxury of being able to use our imaginations to decide what Bonfiglioli had planned for them and Charlie.
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Shaven back into ecology.,
This review is from: Great Mortdecai Moustache Mystery (Paperback)
This book is incomplete and Craig Brown does an unsatisfying job of tying all the loose ends together in order to get Kyril Bonfiglioli's unfinished manuscript to publication. That said, The Great Mortdecai Moustache Mystery in absolutely no way suffers from the shortcomings of the last chapter (courtesy of Mr. Brown). It is extremely pleasurable to read and represents Bonfigilioli's best and least restrained work. Absolutely a must read for any fan of his limited catalogue.
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