We’ve never been compared to Roddy Doyle before, possibly because he’s a devilishly handsome cove who happens to write bestsellers, but the Bookwitch – aka Ann Giles – has remedied that omission in no uncertain fashion, to wit: “I’ve just read The Big O. It’s rather like The Commitments, hardboiled … The Big O is about an interesting group of people, who are all more or less into crime of some sort. It’s not so much black and white, as various shades of grey. But they are very likeable, even though they use the f-word most of the time … I’m not going to give away the plot, which centres on kidnapping, but I can tell you it all builds up to a hilarious ending.”Bleedin’ rapid, as Jimmy Rabbitte might – and in fact does – say himself. Why not hitch a ride on a broomstick all the way over to Bookwitch, folks, and tell Ann we said she’s the sweedest Swede we know …
Hah, you think I'm blonde and beautiful! What a mistake. Think more along the lines of what I call myself. The second half of the blog name.
ReplyDeleteMr Doyle handsome? Was it an impostor I met a couple of years ago? Very charming and interesting, mind you.
Ann? On Crime Always Pays, we're all blonde and beautiful on the inside, even if we don't want to be ... and what we were trying to say was, you're the sweetest Swede we know ... but we though it might be funny if we said 'sweedest'. Ahem. We'll get our cloaks ...
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