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| A Snowball in Hell |  | Author: Christopher Brookmyre
Publisher: Little, Brown
Category: Book
List Price: £16.99
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 44
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Lrg
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 448
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 0.9
ISBN: 0316027634
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780316027632
ASIN: 0316027634
Publication Date: August 14, 2008 (New: This Week)
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A killer with ratings! August 15, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
With "A Snowball in Hell" (I do recommend you read "A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away" and "The Sacred Art of Stealing" before this one) Brookmyre is again his sharp funny self with a very dark side. Simon Darcourt is a celebrity killer in more ways than one. First he enjoys murdering famous people, especially ones who have no talent or reason for being famous. But he has become a celebrity in his own right via his posting real time video of his killings and to make things really interesting he lets visitors to his site vote on wether the victim lives or dies. This makes for some wonderfully black humor. Darcourt's website is getting more hits than Google and he is more famous then the last winner of American Idol. It is again up to Angelique De Xavier to try and bring Darcourt to justice. This is a deliciously funny and dark read that I highly recommend. Best thriller I have read since "A Tourist in the Yucatan!"
Sheer class..... August 14, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Sheer class from Christopher Brookmyre in his latest offering. Slick, funny and ferociously nasty, "A Snowball in Hell" is impossible to read without being staggered by Brookmyre's mastery of his craft.
The humour is at times pitch black but beautifully observed and on the nail. Dialogue as always a joy.
A brilliant ending with a sniff of a door left open......? Let's hope so.
If you haven't done so, I recommend you read "A Big Boy....." and "The Sacred Art....." before "A Snowball....."
You won't regret it
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