The Gun Seller | 
pickHoly roller coaster, Batman! That was a wild ride. I can‘t remember which article I read about spy novels you‘ve never read, but they were absolutely right—it was a funny, raucous, joy of a read. It‘s not as much a spy novel as it‘s a spy novel sendup with a thesis centered on the massive global arms trade. I listened to the audiobook, but this is a book that I will need to have in my personal collection.
Good lord, this novel has a break-neck pace to it. It‘s the literary equivalent of a Porsche 718 Spyder full throttle on the Bundesautobahn. I‘m a little more than halfway through this spy novel send-up, and **sooo** much has happened. And I honestly have no idea how House MD is gonna write his MC out of the corner he‘s gotten himself in to.
House MD wrote a book? I. Am. All. The. Way. In.
pickI last read this in 2007, and rereading it now I remembered very little of the story. But this was a fun little thriller, definitely living up to the “James Bond meets P.G. Wodehouse” description I read somewhere.
#BookCoverChallenge
Day 170.
Here I will note 365 books (or as many as I will have before I get tired) that have shaped my taste in literature. No explanations, no reviews. Just the cover of the book.
I do not challenge anyone. You are all welcome to take part.
1. There‘s only one for me 2. One more day of work and then... vacation! 3. Russian historical fiction 4. Drinking decaf coffee 5. A good night‘s 💤
Talking about the free little library some days before I just had to take a glimpse again today and look what I found. I loved Hugh Laurie as Wooster and Dr. House. 😍
#FierceFeb #MeandaGun
This is as close to a gun as I want to get!
#sizzlinsummerbooks Day 4: Red white blue. If you haven't read The Gun Seller (by Hugh Laurie of House fame) I highly recommend it. It's really funny and quirky. Happy 4th of July to my American friends!
pickBACKLIST BOOK REC: Yes, the author is *the* Hugh Laurie, Dr House himself! This book came out in 1996, before that role, and I don't know anyone else who has read it, which is a shame bc it's terrific! Spy thriller filled with action and literal LOL lines, fast paced and wicked funny.
