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A Snowball in Hell | 
 enlarge | Author: Christopher Brookmyre
Publisher: Little, Brown
Category: Book
List Price: £16.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 250
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Large Print e.
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 448
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 5.8 x 1.4
ISBN: 0316027634
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780316027632
ASIN: 0316027634
Publication Date: August 14, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Mr Spanks revenge October 1, 2008
This is the second book I have read of CB's and was not dissapointed. I do however have to concede I enjoyed his last book Unsinkable Rubber Ducks more. It's difficult to say why, because both are really well crafted books that keep the reader engaged. I just felt that this didnt quite hit the bullseye regarding any real humour and its slightly convoluted plotline.Having said all that I would really recommend anyone to read a Brookmyre novel.
 Not so much Dubh Ardrain as Down a Drain September 23, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book reads as if it's been written over a period of time with large spaces between each bout of writing. It draws strongly on The Sacred Art of Stealing and shares some of the same characters, however the plot is not nearly as strong as TSAoS. The mini set pieces within the main story don't 'hang' together properly or form a cohesive whole. Brookmyre seems to seek to shock the reader with lots of (senseless) killing and little actual storyline. As with a lot of Brookmyre's work, the story appears to serve as a platform for the author's own political rants. This may fill the pages, but hardly makes it into a page turner. If you liked TSAoS don't think this will be a suitable sequel, it's not a patch.
 Massively entertaining September 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A hard boiled heroine, a sensitive intelligent hero, a black hearted villain with a passion for indie pop, vicious satire of contemporary media culture, exuberant wit, sufficient plot twists to turn one cross-eyed.
Nope, I can't find anything not to like. A thoroughly recommended and entertaining raead
Sharp, Witty, Genius September 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am a big fan of CB and have been since I first read Quite Ugly One Morning many many years ago. I thought this was brilliant, right up there with All Fun and Games and a Big Boy Did It (And Ran Away). Thought provoking, funny, I will never watch reality TV in the same way again. It was only a matter of time before someone had a crack at the plethora of wannabe celebrities out there and I for one am glad it was someone with Brookmyre's wit and intelligence that did it. Not since I read 'Silence of the Lambs" have I secretly rooted for the serial killer and yet been glad to witness his downfall at the hands of a clever nemesis (or nemesi - whatever the plural is). Brilliant. Funny. Recommend it to friends and strangers.
Alakazammy, stairheid rammy September 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Alakazammy stairheid rammy ! The perfect recipe add your best hero DI de Xavia resurrect your best villian Simon Darcourt, sprinkle with the charisma of the brilliant thief/magician Zal add lashings of dark cutting satire and shape into one of the best reads of 2008 so far.
So Simon Dacourt terrorist for hire last seen in A Big Boy Did It And Ran Away is not dead after all he's targeting celebrities and playing out his sick games through the Internet and dominating the media but for what reason why after all these years has he blown his cover ?
De xavia who brought about his demise last time is tasked with capturing him and recruits Zal (The Sacred Art Of Stealing) to assist
What follows is a fantastic story with loads of laugh out funny moments and a huge amount of twists and turns that any thriller writer would be proud, there is no way is anyone is going to guess what is going to happen next
Simon Cowell , big brother, wags, x factor, and right wing columnists are just some of the targets for his dark superb satire
With some fantastic funny uniquely Scottish turn of phrases that would make a builder blush
Hands up I thought after his last two novels that Brookmyre was on the wane but that was obviously just a bit of misdirection but not only is this a resounding turn to form but I think the might well be the best of all twelve of Brookmyre's books.
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