Synopsis
Revolving around the infamous gentlemen's club of London, Scoundrels: The Hunt For Hansclapp continues the combative joint memoirs of adventurer-spies, Major Cornwall and Major Trevelyan. In the second volume, the Majors recount tales of kidnapping in the Congo, manslaughter on the Orient Express and romance at the Stasi's Christmas Party. The Majors are reeling from a series of devastating attacks by their Moriarty-like nemesis, Gruber Hansclapp, who is exacting an unspeakably horrific revenge, even by the Majors' standards.
Review
The trouble with most spoof autobiographies is they don't concentrate on the `biography' aspect...the core genius of Scoundrels is that the authors have avoided that mistake. Right from page one, you love Major Victor Cornwall and Major Arthur St John Trevelyan...It's the book's exquisite over-the-topness that keeps you coming back for more. MARK MASON, THE CHAP MAGAZINE; I cannot stress enough how much I loved this book! If you are wondering what to read next please, please, PLEASE make it this book. I literally laughed out loud on so many occasions with this book. Each chapter outdoes the previous with hilarity, vulgarity and naughtiness. The next two books in this trilogy have rushed to the top of my most anticipated reads and I desperately want to see what further adventures these two rogues get up to. ELISE & HER BOOKS, YOUTUBE; What a hilarious little riot of a read! JEN McNULTY, BOOKS ON THE 7:47; Like some sort of insane mash-up of Flashman and the Mighty Boosh, Scoundrels is a masterpiece of comedy storytelling that will have you not so much turning the pages as desperately flipping them to get to Cornwall and Trevelyan's next insane episode. ARNOLD WIDDOWSON, Perrier Award Winner & Producer of CRACKANORY; John Buchan meets Viz PATRICK JAFFE, JAFFE & NEAL BOOKSHOPS, UK; A comic masterpiece... rave review! ROWAN MANTELL, EASTERN DAILY PRESS MAGAZINE; Fresh and original... brilliantly surreal and violent...an incredibly funny comic novel.... IAN FARRINGTON, FARRINGTON.WORDPRESS.COM; I want to have a disastrous marriage with this book. SARAH DUGGERS on Twitter; Funniest book I've ever read; JON EARNSHAW, INTELLIGENT POSITIIONING Quite simply hilarious. HANNAH MURRAY, THE BOOK SHOW, TALK RADIO EUROPE; Black Door have stumbled across a winner here. We loved it at first sight, and it actually improves with reading. BILL GODBER, MD, TURNAROUND; Made me laugh out loud in the first couple of pages alone. Even though I have a pile of unread books as tall as a giraffe on steroids and stilts, this has now skipped the queue. BARNABY EATON-JONES, CHINBEARD BOOKS; Scoundrels Volume One is completely hilarious. `BEST BOOKS TO GIVE FOR XMAS LIST' THE RIFF RAFF PODCAST You will absolutely love this breath of fresh air... accept this book for what it is: pure entertainment value... loosen up and be prepared to laugh out loud. JOY CORKERY, JOYFUL ANTIDOTES.COM; Seriously hilarious. The book I wish I could write. An ingeniously crafted farce that blunderbusses its way around the world in a rollicking mix of absurdity and brilliance. MARK TIME, Author `GOING COMMANDO'; Having produced and worked with Monty Python for over 40 years I get presented with a lot of books to comment on, I must say Scoundrels was a really enjoyable & interesting read. It has all the elements of a thriller-comedy that keep you reading till the last page. ANDRE JACQUEMIN, Monty Python, Comic Strip Editor
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