All Fun and Games Until Somebody Loses an Eye

by Christopher Brookmyre

Book Overview

As a teenager Jane Bell had dreamt of playing in the casinos of Monte Carlo in the company of James Bond, but in her punk phase she'd got herself pregnant and by the time she reaches forty-six she's a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0349117454
• ISBN13: 9780349117454
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Abacus (UK)
• Length: 407 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.

Customer Reviews

OK, so I wouldn't look that good in a wetsuit....

.... being a short fat granny instead of a tall thin one like Jane Bell, this novel's heroine. Plus it's a long time since I was a mere 46 years old. However, this book is a tasty guilty pleasure for me and probably for a lot of other women whose lives have been deficient in sports cars, casinos, guns, and castles in the South of France. Really, it seems to have been written on a dare: a complicated James Bond plot (whose protagonists have already seen the movies) in which the main character is a housewife. Jane has heretofore expended her adrenaline raising kids and overcleaning the house, but when her family is threatened by what turns out to be cadres of drug and arms dealers, she does what needs to be done. I would love to see a movie of this, though by the time the plot is resolved it has folded in on itself a few more times than a script could probably handle. There is something very satisfying, about the fact that football fandom is presented as a kind of universal masculine numbness. Anyway, very funny novel, highly recommended for any woman who has time to read a novel.

Suspense thriller with lots of humour

Lots of action & glamour with a down-to-earth character, with so much humour I was laughing out loud! I haven't had this much fun from a book for a while!

Scottish suburban mother w/ fondness for Bond films kicks armdealer ass.

I think my husband is jealous-- Christopher Brookmyre makes me laugh aloud. Often. Which my (surprise, we live in L.A.) screenwriter husband has noted. At times with an edge in his voice. But it's all fun and games. I am a fan of Brookmyre's other books, all worth reading. The sweetness underlying all the action is charming, as is the intelligence of the characters. Fully enjoyable, if a bit addictive.