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Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks | 
 enlarge | Author: Christopher Brookmyre
Publisher: Abacus
Category: Book
List Price: £7.99
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 249
Media: Paperback
Pages: 416
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 4.9 x 1.1
ISBN: 0349118817
EAN: 9780349118819
ASIN: 0349118817
Publication Date: June 5, 2008
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 Best Brookmyre so far July 19, 2008
Well, best of the ones I have read so far. Another great title, this time borrowed from the great James Randi's scathing attack on "believers" in "woo", the ones who can have their pet God/psychic/crank medicine thoroughly discredited, and then bounce back up like a rubber duck in the bath, undeterred by evidence, facts, and other trifling inconveniences.
I won't spoil the plot, as there are a number of typical Brookmyre twists, but the general thrust of it is a scathing attack on cranks, mediums, spiritualists and all of their ilk - nicely wrapped up with the usual great gags, sparkling Glaswegian wit (and language) and our hero Jack Parlabane's bottomless well of cynicism.
It's huge fun and left me grinning from ear to ear, and it is yet another one crying out to be moved to celluloid.
 Shooting fish in a barrel July 2, 2008
Brookmyre knows his audience and this book pushes all the right buttons. It is a scathing attack on spiritualists and like minded frauds and lays bare the methods they use to gull money out of the weak, vulnerable and credulous. A rollicking read spoilt only by the revelation as to the tricksters methods which, rather than being a twist, are obvious for most of the book. Still, good fun, well written and right minded in the most literal sense.
Great Book June 6, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I'm a Brookmyre fan, I admit it.
I particularly like this one - it had all the rush, bustle, fun, wit and tight plotting you expect. It also didn't have too much deliberately squirm-making stuff (of the blood and guts variety), which is the only thing I'd fault some of the other books on.
I liked the dedication (to James Randi and Richard Dawkins)
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