Product Description

Gordon Sanitaire is dead. The fourth bullet from the Glock Pn35 catches him - fatally - in the gut. And the key to the secret dies with him. But why is his body arranged in a re-enaction of Anna Karenina's death? This is the first of many mysteries which Professor James Crack from the University of Cat Butt, Nebraska, must solve, otherwise he's going to be banged up in a Brussels prison (and even by Belgium standards, Brussels is a small town). So begins a breathless chase, full of twists and turns, which takes Crack (and his seriously beautiful assistant) across at least three borders, during which, through clues hidden in the great books of the past, they uncover some stunning evidence that there is a sinister cabal of publishers who are determined to undermine the prediction that 2000 years after the Bible was written a new book of such power will be produced that it will render all other books pointless and so destroy the publishing industry ...

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #322689 in Books
• Published on: 2005-04-14
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Review
'Highly engaging, clever and a funny read' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'A hilarious book with a generous helping of sarcasm makes this a must-read.' THE SUN

About the Author
Toby Clements works on the book pages of The Daily Telegraph.

Customer Reviews

Brilliant !
This is a very very funny and clever parody of the appalling Da Vinci Code. The author captures the style, or lack of it, of Dan Brown - the wooden dialogue, the tedious and long-winded explanations, the ludicrous logic and bizarre twists of the plot line and the same plethora of unnecessary descriptive detail.
The only problem is that you have first to read the awful Da Vinci Code to get full enjoyment of the Asti Spumante Code......

Great!
Toby Clements has done a great imitation, but still with his unlimited creativity: From "The Holy Grail", which is a collection of bones and papers, to "The Asti Spumante", which is a valuable book that will render other books meaningless; From France to Belgium; From museum to library; From Priory of Sion to Order of Priory; From Caeser Substitution Algorithm to Atbash Substitution Algorithm; From ... To ...;

The same exact style as the great author, Dan Brown.

Fleeing with the help of a condom was much more interesting than jumping over a truck!

Too many similarities with too many differences at the same time.. That was GREAT!

Hilarious
This book is absolutely hilarious. Far, far better than "The Va Dinci Cod". If you enjoy parodies, this book is a must.

The plot is based loosely around "The Da Vinci Code" and therefore is a must read before reading this as a lot of the references will be meaningless otherwise. The characters are based well on the original and some of the more minor characters are covered.

By far the funniest thing in the entire book is the identity of the enemy and the reason they want the code.