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After You with the Pistol (urspr publ 1979; utgåvan 2005)

av Kyril Bonfiglioli

Serier: Charlie Mortdecai (2)

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Kyril Bonfiglioli's wickedly fun mysteries featuring the Honorable Charlie Mortdecaiâ??degenerate aristocrat, amoral art dealer, seasoned epicurean, unwilling assassin, and general knave-about-Picadillyâ??have been cult classics in the UK since their first publication there in the 1970s.

Charlie's back in After You with the Pistol, along with his new bride, Johanna, and his thuggish manservant, Jock. He's also still drinking too much whiskeyâ??and anything else he can get his hands onâ??which makes it all the more difficult to figure out what the beautiful and fabulously wealthy Johanna is up to when she tries to convince Charlie to kill the Queen. Suffice it to say that Johanna is not quite what she seems. Don't miss this brilliant mixture of comedy, crime, and su… (mer)

Medlem:pibandpob
Titel:After You with the Pistol
Författare:Kyril Bonfiglioli
Info:Overlook TP (2005), Paperback, 198 pages
Samlingar:Ditt bibliotek
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Taggar:Fiction, Crime, pob, not read/finished, Humour

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After You with the Pistol av Kyril Bonfiglioli (1979)

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The second of Bonfigliolis' Mortdecai books picks up immediately from the first, with the dissolute and shady art dealer in the clutches of various agencies who wish him harm. He manages to extricate himself by promising to marry the gorgeous Johanna and keep tabs on her activities.

Johanna manipulates Mortdecai into a series of increasingly dubious activities from assassinating the Queen, training at a camp for lesbian warriors and smuggling heroin out of China. As the plot proceeds it just gets sillier and sillier, serving mainly as a vehicle for Mortdecai to toss off a series of acid observations, which keep the laughs coming.

After You with the Pistol is pure fluff, but very enjoyable and well-executed fluff. There's a lot of Wodehouse in Bonfiglioli's characters, and he makes reference to Jeeves and Wooster several times, so it's clear they are among his inspirations. These books are a bit more manic than the Jeeves stories, but lovers of Wodehouse would probably enjoy them. ( )
  gjky | Apr 9, 2023 |
The second Mordecai novel is easier to read and funnier than the first, though I struggled to overlook a distasteful account of what should be a woman’s response to rape. I can attribute this to other times as I’m not one to judge people from the past by today’s standards, but it spoilt an otherwise entertaining read. ( )
  SharonMariaBidwell | Jun 16, 2020 |
I found this more readable than the first one but still by the end I didn't really care about what was happening with the characters or the outcome, the minor rant about feminsts trying to take over was yawnsome and the dialogue was occasionally overwrought with dialogue. Particularly the Chinese. Still Charlie getting caught up in assassination and murder after marrying Johanna Krampf was diverting, but it made me want to read some Saint novels to remind myself why I enjoy this kind of book. ( )
  wyvernfriend | Jul 6, 2015 |
After You With the Pistol is the second book in the Mortecai trilogy, and it is no worse than the first one. The story in this book is more coherent than in the first, and makes for a reasonably good genre-parody. Mortdecai has been spared his life in exchange for marrying a slightly crazy, very rich American woman. As part of the deal he also finds himself acting as a double (or triple, or maybe quadruple) agent. His wife then requests something very special from him on their wedding night...

The writing in this second instalment is a little more edgy than in the first book, adding to the general style and atmosphere. Most of the humour from the first book is preserved, though I was left with the impression that it has lost some of the playful light-heartedness. Fortunately there is still more than enough left to go around. Overall, a funny and highly satisfying read. ( )
  clq | Jun 9, 2013 |
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Kyril Bonfiglioliprimär författarealla utgåvorberäknat
Prebble, SimonBerättaremedförfattarevissa utgåvorbekräftat
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Kyril Bonfiglioli's wickedly fun mysteries featuring the Honorable Charlie Mortdecaiâ??degenerate aristocrat, amoral art dealer, seasoned epicurean, unwilling assassin, and general knave-about-Picadillyâ??have been cult classics in the UK since their first publication there in the 1970s.

Charlie's back in After You with the Pistol, along with his new bride, Johanna, and his thuggish manservant, Jock. He's also still drinking too much whiskeyâ??and anything else he can get his hands onâ??which makes it all the more difficult to figure out what the beautiful and fabulously wealthy Johanna is up to when she tries to convince Charlie to kill the Queen. Suffice it to say that Johanna is not quite what she seems. Don't miss this brilliant mixture of comedy, crime, and su

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