Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #156719 in Books
• Published on: 2002-04-04
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

Time Out
'Keenan maintains impressive control over a wonderfully ludicrous plot… with a finale that is staggeringly, hilariously contrived.'

New York Times
`Joe Keenan has put the `high' back into high jinks... refreshingly effervescent.'

David Leavitt
`One of the funniest writers alive.'

Customer Reviews

Buy and Buy again
thank God I'm not the only person to have bought multiple copies of this book
I'm now on my fifth copy! I keep lending it to friends as an absolute "must read" and never see it back again as they've passed it on to yet more
this is one of the few books I've ever read that still makes me laugh out loud, with perfect prose that every camp queen, butch bear, fag hag or fashion diva (s)wishes they had on the tip of their tongue for the perfect riposte
featuring such perfect lines as:
Phillip: Well we could always call by your bank machine on the way
Gilbert: We could, but it would only be a social call.

Claire: She plays the piano marvellously for someone wearing mittens

and that's before you even get to the likes of Aggie, Moira, Vulpenis (sic) and who could forget the Duchess
read it! If you don't weep with laughter you'll pee yourself

though my favourite moment has to involve Serge, a machine gun and a sofa for protection- but I won't spoil it for you- you'll have to get a copy yourself

Gorgeous
Joe Keenan is the genius responsible for many, if not all, of the best episodes of Frasier - The Matchmaker, The Two Mrs Cranes, The Ski Lodge, Out With Dad, The Doctor Is Out... basically this guy is a master of farce construction.

And this book is in the same tradition. The plotting is extraordinary. The jokes are stunning. You know those books where the back cover says 'Laugh out loud funny' which means there is a mildly amusing bit of wordplay on page 28? Well, this book isn't like that. It genuinely is laugh out loud material, though it's more snort out loud, whoop out loud and guffaw out loud.

How would I describe the book? It's like PG Wodehouse - it has the same easy breeziness - but with more sex and drugs.

I don't normally write these review things but this book was so much fun I feel moved to stick my hand up and say, 'Hey, people, buy this, it's great.'

BUY! BUY! BUY!
The funniest book I have ever read. I'm now on copy number 4 and still never get tired of reading this book. The adventures of Phil and Gilbert in New York will have you laughing till you cry.
A must read!!