The Vesuvius Club - Mark Gatiss

Finished 'The Vesuvius Club' last night and thought it was actually rather brilliant. I really love Victorian/Georgian England and the classic cad/dandy characters, so it was no wonder that this book appealed to me. Follow His Majesty's secret agent Lucifer Box through London and Naples to the heart of Vesuvius, the great volcano. Characters he comes across on his journey are eccentric to say the least - just check out wheelchair-bound Quibble in his study full of books and the lovely Venus in her full purple skirts (but its whats underneath that counts!). Then again Lucifer Box is a character who is indeed full of surprises himself! He is the ultimate cad, someone anyone could aspire to be back then and possibly even in this day and age! Charlie Jackpot gives comic relief and the interactions between him and Lucifer are unmissable.
I recommend it to all, especially men with enquiring minds ;-) (L)
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