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"God is dead. He died in mysterious circumstances while on a fishing trip to Norfolk, leaving a wife, three children and a great deal of valuable property." "According to God's last will and testament, he left his beloved planet Earth to his youngest son, Colin. Which seems mightily suspicious as the meek were expecting to inherit it. Colin is all for flogging it off to the highest bidder, a chum of his called Lou Cipher. God's wife is all for calling in a private eye, to expose the truth show more about her husband's sudden death. And if you're going to call in a private eye, then there's only one man you can call. And that's Lazlo Woodbine." "This could well be the great detective's biggest challenge ever. And with Laz on the case you know you can expect a lot of gratuitous sex and violence, a trail of corpses leading down an alleyway, a good deal of toot being talked in bars and a really spectacular rooftop ending."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved show lessTags
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Copy of my Launchpad review from 2001:
God is dead. The Meek have not inherited the Earth.
But, nobody panic, Lazlo Woodbine is on the case.
Robert Rankin revives his homage to film noir in another hilarious trip to Brentford.
God is dead. The Meek have not inherited the Earth.
But, nobody panic, Lazlo Woodbine is on the case.
Robert Rankin revives his homage to film noir in another hilarious trip to Brentford.
Gott ist tot. Und die Todesumstände sind ziemlich rätselhaft. Er starb bei einem Angelausflug in Norfolk und lässt eine Frau, drei Kinder und ´ne ganze Menge Grundbesitz zurück. Laut Testament vermacht er seinem Sohn Colin den viel geliebten Planeten Erde, doch Colin zeigt wenig Interesse und will das Ding an seinen undurchsichtigen Kumpel Lou Cipher verscherbeln will. Gottes Frau schöpft Verdacht: Hatte Lou etwa beim Tode ihres Mannes seine Finger im Spiel? Sie schaltet einen Privatdetektiv ein: den großen Lazlo Woodbine. Und dieser steht unvermittelt vor dem größten Fall seiner Karriere …
Jun 29, 2007German
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- For my bestest buddy NICK REEKIE A great Shelockian, you work it out!
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- I really hated the doctor's office.
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