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The Spy With No Pants Paperback – December 31, 2020

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PAPERBACK EDITION The eleventh in a series of comedy/science fiction novels featuring slow-witted detective Frank Burly. By John Swartzwelder, the writer of The Time Machine Did It and 59 episodes of The Simpsons.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Kennydale Books; First Edition (December 31, 2020)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 132 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0989988546
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0989988544
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.6 ounces

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Joshua Bacon MD

Still laughing!

Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2021

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Always love a Frank Burley book. I often found myself re-reading because the flow of thought was so abrupt.
It's hilarious, much like the prior books. I lack the ability to explain why it is funny, but I know it's funny. Buy it. Read it if you want - it's your money and your time - but buy it anyhow.

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AJ Blanc

Is This The Last of Burly?

Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2021

I have all the Burly novellas, and they have all been entertaining to varying degrees. Spy... was no different, but it's shorter than average, which is saying something, and I'd say the entertainment value is on the lesser end compared to others in the series. It was also a bit more predictable than usual, and I can only recall two instances where I laughed out loud.

The story is basically about Frank wanting to become a spy, due to an add on a matchbook. Without giving away too much, as you might expect, Burly becomes the best spy who has ever lived, through sheer perseverance and more than a little spite.

I'd rate our no-pants spy around 3.5 give or take, but I rounded up to four because somehow I think Frank asked me to somewhere in the book. This gave me the impression it was the last one because Burly 'retired' (from spying) and he was unable to reverse an issue that occurred about 2/3 of the way through the story. Given that it felt John phoned this one in, perhaps that's not such a bad idea.

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Denise Michaels

Maybe the Funniest Book Ever

Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2021

John Swartzwelder has written 59 Simpsons episodes -- nearly 3 seasons single-handed! -- and they are the funniest, craziest ones. He brings that same humor to all his books -- particularly this one. There are twenty jokes per page (I counted), many of them of them in the who-thinks-like-this-Jesus-that's-great category. The pace of comedy never stops from the first page to the last, and there's an oddly compelling mystery that will keep you riveted.

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Cathleen Kamin

I want the book in paperback.

Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2021

I dislike that the book is not in paperback. Who's Kindle ?

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Rich

Silly fun.

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Silly fun. Love this series.

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Started out as a return to form, but...

Reviewed in Germany on March 21, 2021

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I'm one of the biggest Swartzwelder fans out there.
I bought this and will buy the next one, too, because no one else writes like him.
He's one of the greatest comic geniuses in history.

That being said, there's definitely been a decline in quality after the first five Frank Burly novels, so I was a little apprehensive before reading it.

To my pleasant surprise, the book started really well and kept improving.
The combination of our protagonist's stupidity and another character's bold cheating of him, well, that's my favorite kind of Swartzwelder.
Things went really well for the first third of the book, and I was giddy.

However, after our hero became (spoiler) a spy, things just stagnated.
Instead of sending him out on some far-fetched assignments, the plot was brought to him.
The best burly novels feature travel- across the country, to space, through time, in size.
In this one, 80 percent of the plot takes place in Central City, the rest in another US State.

Furthermore, a lot of what happens is quite repetitive, especially for readers who already know that Burly is indestructible and will take any amount of damages.
It became a chore to go through the last third of the book, despite the occasional chuckle.
I'd probably give this 3 and a half stars, but it's more 3 stars than 5, alas.

I hope we see more, better Burly novels in the future.
Until then, take care, John, and stay safe.

JOHN RYALL

Missing pages

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 27, 2021

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There are supposed to be 132 pages in this novel. My copy has 128 pages and cuts off in the middle of a paragraph.

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