The Great Mortdecai Moustache Mystery

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Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1468312936
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (683 download)

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Download or read book The Great Mortdecai Moustache Mystery written by Kyril Bonfiglioli and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The final novel in the classic crime series featuring the amoral aristocrat art dealer—“quite beyond the run-of-the-mill . . . gloriously, infectiously funny” (Guardian, UK). The Hon. Charlie Mortdecai—the elite art dealer, degenerate aristocrat, and reluctant criminal mastermind—is invited to Oxford to investigate the cruel and most definitely unusual death of a don who collided with an omnibus. Though her death appears accidental, one or two things don't add up, including two pairs of thugs who'd been following her just before her death. With the final novel in his cult classic Mortdecai series, Kyril Bonfiglioli brings the escapades of Charlie Mortdecai to a satisfying, head-spinning end. With more spies than you could shoehorn into a stretch limo and the solving of the odd murder along the way, The Great Mortdecai Moustache Mystery is a criminally comic delight.

The Mortdecai Trilogy

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Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0241965071
Total Pages : 673 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book The Mortdecai Trilogy written by Kyril Bonfiglioli and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2012-09-06 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlie Mortdecai is a louche art dealer with some distinctly dubious friends in the London underworld and some great connections to the British upper classes. He features in the three brilliant black-comedy thrillers originally published in the 70s and collected in this volume: DON'T POINT THAT THING AT ME, AFTER YOU WITH THE PISTOL, and SOMETHING NASTY IN THE WOODSHED. 'A writer capable of a rare mixture of wit and imaginative unpleasantness' Julian Barnes

Something Nasty in the Woodshed

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Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1468307886
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (683 download)

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Download or read book Something Nasty in the Woodshed written by Kyril Bonfiglioli and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2005-07-05 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the amoral art dealer heads to the Isle of Jersey, the author’s “comic invention and lacerating, politically incorrect humor are in brilliant form” (Publishers Weekly). The Honorable Charlie Mortdecai—degenerate aristocrat and seasoned epicurean—has managed, somehow, to tarnish his already questionable reputation. Thanks to a few shady art deals, he’s been exiled from London. Together with his gadabout wife Johanna and his ex-con butler Jock, Mortdecai takes refuge in a country estate on the Channel Island of Jersey. But what begins as a hedonistic interlude turns into a macabre manhunt. Through the haze of drunken locals and loathsome tourists, Charlie is out to expose a local rapist whose modus operandi bears a striking resemblance to that of a warlock from ancient British mythology known as “The Beast of Jersey.”

All the Tea in China

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Publisher : Hyperion Books
ISBN 13 : 9780948238154
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book All the Tea in China written by Kyril Bonfiglioli and published by Hyperion Books. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Don't Point That Thing at Me

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Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0241970261
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Don't Point That Thing at Me written by Kyril Bonfiglioli and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2014-06-05 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don't Point That Thing At Me by Kyril Bonfiglioli - Book 1 of the Mortdecai Trilogy, now a major motion picture starring Johnny Depp Introducing the Hon. Charlie Mortdecai, art dealer, aristocrat and assassin, in the first of the Mortdecai novels Portly art dealer and seasoned epicurean Charlie Mortdecai comes into possesion of a stolen Goya, the disappearance of which is causing a diplomatic ruction between Spain and its allies. Not that that matters to Charlie ... until compromising pictures of some British diplomats also come into his possession and start to muddy the waters. All he's trying to do is make a dishonest living, but various governments, secret organizations and an unbelievably nubile young German don't see it that way and pretty soon he's in great need of his thuggish manservant Jock to keep them all at bay ... and the Goya safe. First published in the 1970s, this hilarious novel is part Ian Fleming part P G Wodehouse. It is now a major motion picture starring Johnny Depp as Mortdecai, Ewan McGregor as Jock and Gwyneth Paltrow. 'A rare mixture of wit and imaginative unpleasantness' Julian Barnes 'You couldn't snuggle under the duvet with anything more disreputable and delightful' Stephen Fry 'The jokes are excellent, but the most horrible things keep happening... Funny and chilling' Sunday Telegraph Kyril Bonfiglioli was born on the south coast of England in 1928 of an English mother and Italo-Slovene father. After studying at Oxford and five years in the army, he took up a career as an art dealer, like his eccentric creation Charlie Mortdecai. He lived in Oxford, Lancashire, Ireland and Jersey, where he died in 1985. He wrote four Charlie Mortdecai novels, and a fifth historical Mortdecai novel (about a distinguished ancestor).

After You with the Pistol

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Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 146830786X
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (683 download)

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Download or read book After You with the Pistol written by Kyril Bonfiglioli and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2005-02-01 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the suspenseful and darkly funny sequel to Don’t Point that Thing at Me, married life only compounds the danger facing art dealer Charlie Mortdecai. Art dealer and degenerate aristocrat Charlie Mortdecai has gotten himself into a spot of trouble over a certain stolen Goya. In order to save himself, he must marry the beautiful, sex-crazed and very, very rich Johanna Krampf. The fly in the ointment is that Johanna thinks nothing of involving poor Charlie in her life-threatening schemes such as monarch-assassination, heroin smuggling and - worst of all - survival training at a college for feminist spies. In After You with the Pistol, British author and art dealer Kyril Bonfiglioli continues the exploits of his immortal, amoral art dealer Charlie Mortdecai. Picking up where the previous novel, Don’t Point that Thing at Me, leaves off, this sequel offers twice the twists, quips, and hair-raising schemes.

The Mortdecai ABC

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Publisher : Viking Canada
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Mortdecai ABC written by Kyril Bonfiglioli and published by Viking Canada. This book was released on 2001 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The novels of Kyril Bonfiglioli have achieved something like cult status since they were first published in the seventies. Admired by writers as different as Stephen Fry and Julian Barnes, Susan Hill and Craig Brown, they portray an unsettling world where louche characters perform unspeakable deeds while maintaining a life of apparent ease and sophistication.

All the Tea in China

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Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0241971772
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book All the Tea in China written by Kyril Bonfiglioli and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2017-02-23 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All the Tea in China - a Mortdecai novel by Kyril Bonfiglioli, soon to be a major film starring Johnny Depp 'One of the funniest writers ever' Uncut After committing a crime anyone but a close relative might forgive, Karli Mortdecai Van Cleef leaves Holland double-quick with his uncle's buckshot lodged firmly in the seat of his breeches. Discretion being the least-idiotic part of valour he decides to hide far away in London, among the tea shops and opium dens. On savouring these Eastern delicacies and knowing an opportunity when he sups upon one, young Karli throws in his lot with an opium clipper bound for China's high seas. Life on the ocean waves, however, is full of perils for an officer and his sensitive digestive tract: mountainous waves, an encounter with a malodorous slave ship, the captain's wife's pulse-racingly brief wardrobe, several hordes of pirates, mutiny, the ship's cook's fondness for curry - to name but a few. All the Tea in China is a swaggering, rip-snorting, buckler-swashing tale about one of the men who - for a reasonable fee - made Britain great. 'For those who have learnt to relish his elegant, nasty thrillers, Bonfiglioli is a name hard to forget. This farrago represents a change from the thrillers - a good clean salt-water yarn for the decadent' Irish Press 'Shows his customary inventive comedy and zest for language' Sunday Times 'Bonfiglioli deserves better than cult status' Independent Kyril Bonfiglioli was born on the south coast of England in 1928 of an English mother and Italo-Slovene father. After studying at Oxford and five years in the army, he took up a career as an art dealer, like his eccentric creation Charlie Mortdecai. He lived in Oxford, Lancashire, Ireland and Jersey, where he died in 1985. He wrote four Charlie Mortdecai novels, and a fifth historical Mortdecai novel (about a distinguished ancestor).

After You with the Pistol

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Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0241970326
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book After You with the Pistol written by Kyril Bonfiglioli and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2014-06-05 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After you with the Pistol - the second Charlie Mortdecai novel by Kyril Bonfiglioli, soon to be a major film starring Johnny Depp 'Some of the nastiest, funniest and most enjoyable crime writing of the last fifty years' Guardian 'Mr Mortdecai, why do you suppose I and my superiors have preserved you from death at very very great trouble and expense?' Charlie Mortdecai - degenerate aristocrat and victim of his own larceny and licentiousness - has no idea. Until it is made clear to him that he must marry the beautiful, sex-crazed and very, very rich Johanna Krampf. The fly in the ointment is that Johanna thinks nothing of involving poor Charlie in her life-threatening schemes such as monarch-assassination, heroin smuggling and - worst of all - survival training at a college for feminist spies. Perhaps, it's all in a good cause - if only Charlie can live long enough to find out. 'A rare mixture of wit and imaginative unpleasantness' Julian Barnes 'Splendidly enjoyable. The jokes are excellent, but the most horrible things keep happening' Sunday Telegraph 'At least of Hammett-Chandler weight, and in many ways surpasses them' The Times Literary Supplement Kyril Bonfiglioli was born on the south coast of England in 1928 of an English mother and Italo-Slovene father. After studying at Oxford and five years in the army, he took up a career as an art dealer, like his eccentric creation Charlie Mortdecai. He lived in Oxford, Lancashire, Ireland and Jersey, where he died in 1985. He wrote the three Mortdecai novels, a fourth historical Mortdecai novel (about a distinguished ancestor), and left a fifth unpublished at his death.

The Book of Forgotten Authors

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Publisher : riverrun
ISBN 13 : 1786484919
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book The Book of Forgotten Authors written by Christopher Fowler and published by riverrun. This book was released on 2017-10-05 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'JOYOUS . . . READERS WILL LOVE THIS FASCINATING BOOK' CATHY RENTZENBRINK 'A GODSEND WITH THE PRESENT SEASON APPROACHING' IRISH INDEPENDENT 'THE PERFECT GIFT FOR A BOOK-OBSESSED FRIEND' STYLIST, 50 UNMISSABLE BOOKS FOR AUTUMN 2017 'EXCELLENT . . . SHOULD BE READ BY ANYONE WHO LOVES BOOKS' EVENING STANDARD Absence doesn't make the heart grow fonder. It makes people think you're dead. So begins Christopher Fowler's foray into the back catalogues and backstories of 99 authors who, once hugely popular, have all but disappeared from our shelves. Whether male or female, domestic or international, flash-in-the-pan or prolific, mega-seller or prize-winner - no author, it seems, can ever be fully immune from the fate of being forgotten. And Fowler, as well as remembering their careers, lifts the lid on their lives, and why they often stopped writing or disappeared from the public eye. These 99 journeys are punctuated by 12 short essays about faded once-favourites: including the now-vanished novels Walt Disney brought to the screen, the contemporary rivals of Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie who did not stand the test of time, and the women who introduced us to psychological suspense many decades before it conquered the world. This is a book about books and their authors. It is for book lovers, and is written by one who could not be a more enthusiastic, enlightening and entertaining guide. 'A BIBLIOPHILE'S DREAM' FINANCIAL TIMES 'WILL HAVE READERS SCURRYING INTO SECONDHAND BOOKSHOPS' GUARDIAN

100 Must-read Books for Men

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1408135876
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book 100 Must-read Books for Men written by Stephen E. Andrews and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2008-09-16 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do men like to read? This latest title in the successful 100 Must-read series provides a rich crop of selected reads of eternal fascination to men everywhere. With 100 titles fully featured and over 500 recommended, there is something for everyone, from the macho to the sentimental, sex, drugs and rock and roll, old age, childhood, power, seduction, courage and adventure. Written by two experienced male booksellers and writers, the selection draws from a wide range of genres: crime, thrillers, cult classics, classics, biography and non-fiction. Deftly researched with the male audience in mind, this book is an enabling tool for extending your range of reading. A lengthy introduction examines mens attitudes to reading, the differences between male and female reading tastes, the varying ways in which the sexes use/respond to language and how this is reflected in their choices of reading matter. Books featured include: Crash by J. G. Ballard, Junkie by William S. Burroughs, American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis, Steppenwolf by Herman Hesse, Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian, The Book of Dave by Will Self, Touching the Void by Joe Simpson and Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe.

A Pound of Paper

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Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312317263
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book A Pound of Paper written by John Baxter and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2005-04 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: London: Doubleday, 2002.

The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Modern Crime Fiction

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Publisher : Constable
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 804 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Modern Crime Fiction written by Michael Ashley and published by Constable. This book was released on 2002 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reference and overview of the genre of crime fiction, primarily covering the 1950s onwards, although major earlier writers, such as Agatha Christie and Raymond Chandler, also have entries.

Little Audrey's Daydream

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Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN 13 : 1648960014
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (489 download)

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Download or read book Little Audrey's Daydream written by Sean Hepburn Ferrer and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Audrey Hepburn as you've never seen her before in Little Audrey’s Daydream: The Life of Audrey Hepburn, an empowering children's book by her son and daughter-in-law, Sean and Karin Hepburn Ferrer. Little Audrey's Daydream tells the story of Audrey Hepburn's life from her own perspective as a child growing up in Belgium and Holland, and into her adult life as an actress, mother, and humanitarian. • A beautiful, personal introduction to the life of Audrey Hepburn: Audrey's extraordinary story unfolds during her childhood in Holland, where her happy life of ice-skating and dancing changes with the harsh realities of World War II. As she daydreams about who she will become when the war ends, her real-life story of fame, family, and charity work unfolds. • A beacon of hope for children during difficult times: Facing dire circumstances during Occupation, Audrey and her family often don't have enough to eat. Despite the challenges, Audrey never loses hope that, with spirit and determination, her dreams can still come true. • All author proceeds will be donated to EURORDIS: Following in the footsteps of his mother's incredible humanitarian legacy, Sean Hepburn Ferrer and his wife Karen are donating all of their author proceeds from the book to EURORDIS, the Voice of Rare Disease Patients in Europe. • Whimsical illustration by celebrated French couple: Little Audrey's Daydream is beautifully illustrated by the legendary Dominique Corbasson and Francois Avril. This book is Corbasson's last work. Little Audrey's Daydream is an essential addition to the library of all Audrey Hepburn fans and a beautiful introduction to the life of Audrey Hepburn for children.

Pain and Gain-The Untold True Story

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Publisher : Pain and Gain-Marc Schiller
ISBN 13 : 0615740065
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (157 download)

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Download or read book Pain and Gain-The Untold True Story written by Marc Schiller and published by Pain and Gain-Marc Schiller. This book was released on 2013-01-25 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The True Story Behind The Movie Pain & Gain This book proves that sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction!What if you were kidnapped, tied to a wall for a month, starved, humiliated, tortured and then they tried to murder you, but you survived? What stories would you tell of how you were able to survive and the struggles you went through? What if you went to the police and they did not believe you? What would you do to evade those trying to kill you and how would you bring the criminals to justice before they struck again? How would that change your life and the way you perceived the world and people? Read this amazing book to find out! The year was 1994, Marc and his family lived and ordinary middle class life in Miami, Florida. Little did he know that in November of that year his life and that of his family would change forever. The events that were to unfold could not be conceived by the wildest imagination.In this amazing book he narrates the events that led to his kidnapping and his attempted murder. It will transport and place you in the warehouse where he was held and give you a unique perspective of the events that transpired during that horrific month and the physical and mental struggle to beat the odds and survive.Marc chronicles his story in torturous detail. His humiliation, pain and suffering at the hands of the Sun Gang Gym and his miraculous survival.You will understand how and why he survived and that everything can be taken from a human being, but the one's spirit and determination to survive can never be.No one believed his story, not the police or anyone else. Nevertheless, he maintained steadfast and determined to bring the criminals to justice before they struck again.Truly a harrowing tale and one that not only you soon won't forget but will uplift and inspire you!!Scroll up and grab your copy today and start reading one of the most intriguing stories in the last 20 years!!

Jurassic Park

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Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0345538986
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (455 download)

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Download or read book Jurassic Park written by Michael Crichton and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2012-09-25 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Timeline, Sphere, and Congo, this is the classic thriller of science run amok that took the world by storm. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read “[Michael] Crichton’s dinosaurs are genuinely frightening.”—Chicago Sun-Times An astonishing technique for recovering and cloning dinosaur DNA has been discovered. Now humankind’s most thrilling fantasies have come true. Creatures extinct for eons roam Jurassic Park with their awesome presence and profound mystery, and all the world can visit them—for a price. Until something goes wrong. . . . In Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton taps all his mesmerizing talent and scientific brilliance to create his most electrifying technothriller. Praise for Jurassic Park “Wonderful . . . powerful.”—The Washington Post Book World “Frighteningly real . . . compelling . . . It’ll keep you riveted.”—The Detroit News “Full of suspense.”—The New York Times Book Review

The New Yorker

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 634 pages
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Download or read book The New Yorker written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: