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Boiling a Frog

By: Christopher Brookmyre
Narrated by: Angus King
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About this listen

Jack Parlabane is an investigative journalist who is not averse to breaking the law for a good story.

Scottish parliament is in catatonic shock after experiencing its first dose of Westminster sleaze, and the Catholic Church of Scotland is taking advantage of the politicians' discomfort. Behind the scenes the truth is obscured.

Aware he's missing out on a great story; Parlabane discovers that contacts and a way with words is no defence against people he has helped to put away.

©2000 Christopher Brookmyre (P)2015 W F Howes Ltd Action & Adventure Mystery Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Scotland Fiction Crime Funny Witty Suspense Law

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Critic reviews

"Surreal, satirical, irreverent, violent and immensely funny." ( The Times )
"New Labour, the Scottish Parliament, the Catholic Church, the tabloid press, spin doctors - all of them are given a thorough knifing by Brookmyre's razor-sharp pen." ( Maxim)
All stars
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Very funny and enjoyable. Listened to the whole book in one day. An excellent book.

Brilliant!

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Loved it, best Jack P story yet.
Could listen to Chris Brookemyre books every day

Brilliant

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I'd like to thank Mr & Mrs King for producing Angus! The very best thing I can say about this book is the narrator was great!

If you're looking for a story to make house cleaning seem interesting...this is it. A great short story ruined by forcing it into a novel.

EXCRUCIATING

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funny,believable and a thriller. Christopher brookmyre again had me laughing and gasping at the story. Angus King again brought the story alive.

political comedy show

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Another cracker from the magnificently acerbic Mr Brookmyre, wonderfully narrated as usual. More Parlabane capers!

Frog boiled to perfection

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Great characters and story brought together in typical Christopher Brookmyre style. A thoroughly good read.

Boiling point

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There is no doubt that Christopher Brookmyre writes with impressive intelligence but parts of this were just too much about educating the reader (or listener) - almost to the point of browbeating. There was so little action and so much information about the Scottish political and religious landscape that I almost gave up on it. I'm glad I didn't as I was rewarded for my perseverance with a scene that had me crying with laughter. I would say that the book is about 50% action and 50% political education and for this reason I still found it a bit hard going. However, it is written with wit and intelligence and took some interesting twists and turns..

Fantastic in parts - boring in places

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started slow but picked up and sped along. excellent .realty enjoyed it .on to next

slow start! brilliant finish

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In some books you can miss a second but in this one you have to go back and listen again to keep up with the detail.
Being Scottish helps.

You can't miss a bit

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Slow and quite "bitty" to start. However, once the threads combine and the pace of the story picks up, it's really enjoyable and riveting. I loved the humour and Angus King's performance was super.

Stick with it!

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