Book Review by Bernie Dowling
Weimar Vibes
is a most humorous novel on a very serious subject.
Under normal circumstances, he would not be
first choice as an operative of Her Majesty’s Secret Service but here he is
enlisted to thwart a takeover in Britain by the extreme right.
No one seems to quite know what Flynn is
supposed to be doing, least of all the man himself. During his service for Her
Maj, he does manage to cover his neighbour’s wife and encounter women who want
to have sex with him, kill him, or both.
The novel operates at many levels and to
appreciate its full range, the reader would best come armed with some knowledge
of European history from as far back as the first world war, at least.
That being said, great slapstick and comic
word-play will engage any reader. As a bonus, you receive the elevator pitch on
Plato and Socrates, in case you thought they were Greek soccer players.
At the centre of the story is a discussion on
social and political reactions to questions of immigration and refugees which
most countries around the world are having right now.
This novel won a gold star and was rated as a ‘most popular’
novel on HarperCollins Authonomy emerging-writer’s website.
It is a part of the Rudi Flynn series but stands alone quite steadily.
There are a few typos
and a couple of formatting glitches, but I did not find them overly
distracting.
The story moves
briskly and it is certainly refreshing to see humour at the centre of a
thriller.
Any reader who enjoys
this novel will probably back up for more tales of the engaging scoundrel, Rudi
Flynn.
Today's video song is a sweet way to end the review
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