From Publishers Weekly In this witty, highly amusing tale, British comic fantasist Holt (Barking) describes a modern-day England where magical creatures and sorcerers are commonplace. Mild-mannered Frank Carpenter uses his Acme Portable Door to travel anywhere in time and space and reverse disasters for 10% of the recouped insurance payout. But when his latest assignment, mythological pest exterminator Emily Spitzer, keeps dying, Frank must figure out how to disable the titular device, which kills in every possible alternative reality in the multiverse. Things only get more complicated when Frank becomes smitten with his well-armed damsel-in-distress. Eloquently snarky prose supports an otherwise clunky plot replete with fanciful coincidences and unnecessarily convoluted time travel, and Holt's quirky characters and whimsical voice successfully infuse life into this entertaining romantic comedy. (May) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Product Description It touches all our lives; our triumphs and tragedies, our proudest achievements, our most traumatic disasters. Alloyed of love and fear, death and fire, and the inscrutable acts of the gods, insurance is indeed the force that binds the universe together. Hardly surprising, therefore, that Frank Carpenter, one of the foremost magical practitioners of our age, felt himself irresistibly drawn to it. Until, that is, he met Jane, a high-flying corporate heroine with an annoying habit of falling out of trees and getting killed. Repeatedly. It's not long before Frank and Jane find themselves face to face with the greatest enigma of our times: When is a door not a door? When it's a mousetrap. Review "Highly amusing." —Publishers Weekly About the Author Tom Holt is the author of more than 20 comic fantasy novels.
The Better Mousetrap
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Author: Holt, Tom
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781841495033
Details:
Author: Holt, Tom
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Number Of Pages: 352
Release Date: 01-10-2008
Package Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.5 x 1.3 inches Languages: english
EAN: 9781841495033
