Don't Just Stand There
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The late Charles Williams is perhaps best known as a writer of taut action-adventure novels usually with a nautical tie in (Dead Calm, Scorpion Reef, etc). He also wrote the very compelling noir... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0304919020
ISBN13:9780304919024
Release Date:January 1
Publisher:Cassell
Length:148 Pages
Customer Reviews
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A zany, screwball comedy by an unlikely author.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
The late Charles Williams is perhaps best known as a writer of taut action-adventure novels usually with a nautical tie in (Dead Calm, Scorpion Reef, etc). He also wrote the very compelling noir masterpiece entitled The Hot Spot. The Wrong Venus therefore represents a 180 degree departure from William's usual literary fare. It's an over-the-top comedy about Americans in Paris. This very funny book is populated with a number of interesting characters. A spinsterish authoress of best selling sex drenched novels, some thoroughly inept kidnappers, a ruthless French gangster and a six foot tall blond beauty of a ghostwriter who's pretty good at judo... to name only a few. There's also plenty of slapstick action and an abundance of very clever dialogue. The Wrong Venus is a wonderfully entertaining showcase for a surprisingly different side to Charles William's substantial talent.
Histerically funny, a dynamite read from page 1, word 1
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
Why should one bother to review an out of print book? Because it is one very funny book. The plot is too convoluted to describe but involves a writer of bodice rippers, a blonde beauty and her Western novel writer buddy, a French gangster who gets shot with a crossbow... Order it and wait for it or search used bookstores for it
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