But now i want to be friends with hugh laurie because he is an amazing writer. Hugh laurie concocts an uproarious cocktail of comic zingers and overthetop action in this ripping spoof of the spy genre vanity fair the irresistible tale of a former scots guardturnedhired gun, a freelance soldier of fortune who also happens to be one heck of a. It concerns former scots guards officer thomas lang and his reluctant involvement in a conspiracy involving international arms dealers, terrorists, the cia, the mod, beautiful women and fast motorcycles. When he opts to warn the man instead, his good deed soon takes a bad turn. Freelance soldier of fortune thomas lang is offered a bundle to assassinate an american industrialist. The first edition of the novel was published in september 16th 2014, and was written by lang leav.
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Its no surprise that this fey first novel from british tv comedianwriter laurie jeeves and wooster, etc. When he is approached to assassinate a business man he decides instead to warn the target. Thomas gaughan this text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Despite his attempts to distance himself from the situation, thomas gets pulled into the center of a conspiracy so convoluted that he has no idea who to trust or how to get out alive. Reading the book causes me to wonder how many of lauries lines on house are improvised as his narratorcharacter in gun seller speaks in the same dark, ironic, wisecracking tone as does dr. British actor and comedian hugh lauries first book is.
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