The Gun Seller

I love Laurie's audiobook narration, i love House and Bertie and Jeeves, etc. but can Laurie write on top of all that? Yes! This is silly in a few places, but laugh out loud funny in many others - and unlike me, Lauire doesn't need to fall back on cliches. This is cleverly plotted and well-wriiten, and is great comic relief if, like me, you read too many espionage or police procedurals.

Written and set pre 9/11 but after the first Gulf war, it's in the style of a "Wag the Dog" but original. More than make laughs, this novel makes a statement.

The listen was a little violent for my cozy tastes, with action and death and detail about the guns used, but it wasn't over the top. I suppose this would give the novel a wider appeal.

Prebble delivers his usual excellent narration. The only thing that could have made this a better listen would be narration by Laurie himself. Now that he's hung up the stethoscope, I hope he picks up a pen AND audiobook microphone again.

Disclaimer: I'm a major Hugh Laurie fan. I enjoyed Fry & Laurie, found his portrayal of House good and better than the series, to say nothing of his fabulous album.

This is a wonderful listen. A good tale, with quite a bit of humor. What is interesting is that Laurie has, so far, resisted the temptation to write "the next chapter".

Again, if you enjoy a fun read, that will drive you to the turn the next page, this is a pick for you.

I have to wonder if it might have been even better, if Laurie had done the narration.

This book I had to listen to, because I love Hugh Laurie and Simon Prebble. It wasn't as great as I was hoping, but it did have numerous funny parts. Simon Prebble was awesome as usual and the story did have me giggling in parts. Thomas seems like a "Dennis-the-menace" and the inspector from the Pink Panther rolled into one. Sometimes he's a little clueless, and sometimes he just gets in trouble just because he's there. The plot was OK, and kept me entertained enough to keep me listening through the entire book. I did get distracted a couple of times, and that doesn't happen if a book is on the excellent end of the scale, but it was good enough that after a few months I will listen again just for fun.

Hugh Laurie should stick to performing. The story was too light to hold my interest. The spoof too spoofy. Could not finish it.

The narration has some charm, but not enough. It's just too silly to take seriously--or even semi-seriously--and pretty soon it began to wear.

i loved the voice of the noir-ish smart aleck early on and laughed at the quips. the story starts good and fast and continues on in the same manner. a lot of fun that gets a little serious as it goes on, with some great "moral" issues to think over and there are plenty of twists and turns along the way. great thriller that could only have been better if Laurie had read it himself. very talented man, nice writing as well, i recommend it.