The Gun Seller - Hardcover

Laurie, Hugh

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1569470871 ISBN 13: 9781569470879

Publisher: Soho Pr Inc, 1997

Synopsis

A spoof of the spy genre set in Britain features a drifter who orchestrates a magnificent caper involving the CIA, international terrorists, arms dealers, a high-speed chase on skis, and buxom, blonde beauties.

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Review:

British actor and comedian Hugh Laurie's first book is a spot-on spy spoof about hapless ex-soldier Thomas Lang, who is drawn unwittingly and unwillingly into the center of a dangerous James Bond-like plot of international terrorists, arms dealing, high-tech weapons, and CIA spooks. You may recall having seen Laurie in the English television series Jeeves and Wooster; Laurie played Bertie Wooster, the clutzy hero of the P.G. Wodehouse comic novels that originated those characters. The lineage from Wodehouse's Wooster to Laurie's Lang is clear, and, if you like Wodehouse, you'll probably love The Gun Seller.

From the Back Cover:

"A ripping spoof of the spy genre."
--Vanity Fair

"Clever and hilarious, with a story that is intricate, tense and well researched...an unstintingly joyous read."
--Time Out

About this edition

• Publisher: Soho Pr Inc
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1569470871
• ISBN 13: 9781569470879
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 339