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Richard Asplin

Autor(a) de T-Shirt and Genes

5 Works 76 Membros 4 Críticas

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Includes the name: Richard Asplin

Obras por Richard Asplin

T-Shirt and Genes (2000) 43 exemplares
Gagged (2004) 19 exemplares
Conman (2009) 11 exemplares
Füttern verboten (2002) 2 exemplares
L'arnaqueur (2010) 1 exemplar

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1972
Sexo
male
Ocupações
comedian
bookseller
marketing assistant

Membros

Críticas

I quite liked this book. I wasn't sure what to expect but didved into it with an open mind. I was constantly willing Charles to tell the truth and the things he did made me cringe a times. I did like the way he thought though and it made me laugh out loud at point.
Worthy of a read.
 
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Nataliec7 | 2 outras críticas | Oct 31, 2016 |
I quite liked this book. I wasn't sure what to expect but didved into it with an open mind. I was constantly willing Charles to tell the truth and the hings he did made me cringe a times. i did like the way he thought though and it made me laugh out loud at point.
Worthy of a read.
 
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Nataliec7 | 2 outras críticas | Jan 21, 2015 |
My copy was one of those cheaply produced books, slightly smaller than average, where the text travels right into the gully between the pages making it a struggle to read. About sixty pages in I cracked the spine in exasperation. At least I could read to the end of each line but the pages started falling out. The sort of book that makes you think Kindles are a really good idea. The sort of book that puts me in a bad mood before I’ve even begun to evaluate the text. And really, the text wasn’t bad, the author writes with considerable wit and energy and is a whizz with puns. I just wish it had been easier to read – not just because of the production. Some of the humour was a bit convoluted, it took a bit of untwisting. And a lot of the time the story doesn’t seem to be moving on – just the narrator navel gazing and, well, punning. That’s probably the point – the whole thing surrounds a guy who loses his girlfriend and his job over a regrettable sexual incident and goes into a tailspin of blokey despair. It’s the sort of book that if it had been written by a female author would have come across as patronising in an eye-rolling aren’t-men-hopeless sort of way. I probably would have enjoyed it so much more if it hadn’t been such a faff to read.… (mais)
 
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jayne_charles | 2 outras críticas | Sep 23, 2012 |
It's difficult to review a novel like this without plot spoiling - and the plot is what con fiction is all about. Suffice to say this is an very entertaining swindle-and-revenge story, that with enough red herrings for a Vladivostok fishmongers. Sorry - but that's the sort of leaden joke that Mr Asplin sometimes uses. Indeed, the first third is rather over-written, and the main antagonist's way of speaking becomes increasingly annoying. But get past that, and the story plays out at a good pace, and the who's-fooling-who will keep you guessing 'til the last few pages. And I certainly didn't see the final twist coming. Highly enjoyable holiday fare.… (mais)
 
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Parthurbook | Aug 21, 2011 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
5
Membros
76
Popularidade
#233,522
Avaliação
3.0
Críticas
4
ISBN
10
Línguas
2

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