Getting Rid of Mister Kitchen

by Charlie Higson

Book Overview

'Charlie Higson's thrillers are major events' Mark Billingham

'Very funny and utterly unstoppable' The Times
'A sizzlingly paced modern thriller' NME

A man kills a prospective buyer for his car. On the verge of becoming a name in the interior design world, he can't afford a scandal and must discreetly dispose of the body - not an easy job when the whole of London seems to be conspiring against...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0349144842
• ISBN13: 9780349144849
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Abacus (UK)
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

Classic Higson

This was the fourth novel from Charles Higson, who has since found fame as writer, producer and performer on the BBC-TV comedy series THE FAST SHOW. His previous novels had set a high standard in their mixture of comedy and thrills, and the new one is no exception, although it does take off at an even more extreme tangent than its predecessors. The unnamed hero wakes up in a bad mood, not helped by the weather forecaster getting it totally wrong once again, and so, when Mister Kitchen calls around to inspect the car he has for sale, he ends up killing him. As you do. No problem; he simply has to dispose of the body before it's discovered, and then everything will be OK again. He has a good plan, because he's done this kind of thing before, but this is just not his day, and the elements all conspire to defeat his attempts. As he battles against unsurmountable odds he merely digs himself deeper and deeper into the mire, and even consumption of the complete pharmacopoeia of drugs does not seem to help. Higson has produced a minor classic whose scenes of drug induced frenzy stand comparison with Hunter S Thompson's FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS. It's also a very funny book, in the black comedy sense, although with some thought-provoking comments on ecology, evolution, religion, and the British class system. A fast-moving rip-roaring riot of a read.

A true favourite!

When I first got this book, I wasn't familiar with the writings of Charles Higson. I was hit by his humour, the pace, and the twists and turns of this hilarious story. I didn't put the book down when I first opened it - I simply had to read it all. It was back in 1997, and since then I've read the book two more times. Even if I know what's to come I enjoy the dialogue and the bizarre scenes. So funny. Since then I've read other books by Charles Higson, but this stays my absolute favourite.

Laugh, I nearly died.

Quite simply one of the funniest books I have ever read. My sides were splitting by the end of the first page and it got funnier from there on in. Fast paced story with lot's of interesting and believable characters. If only all books were this good.