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Title: KILLING JOKE
By: Anthony Horowitz
Format: Paperback

List price: £7.99


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ISBN 10: 0752864157
ISBN 13: 9780752864150
Publisher: ORION PUBLISHING CO
Pub. date: 1 April, 2005
Pages: 384
Description: A darkly comic thriller from the bestselling author of the Alex Rider series and BAFTA award-winning writer for ''Foyle''s War''.
Synopsis: When Guy Fletcher protests at a feeble joke he overhears in his grotty local pub, he finds himself headbutted and struck by an idea in quick succession. Is it possible to trace a joke all the way back to its original source? Guy's meandering trail leads him to a humourless Hungarian dentist, a hyperactive troupe of Boy Scouts, a group of giggling grave-diggers and half a dozen undercover detectives. And there are some pretty odd things happening along the way. Guy is sure he's being followed by a sinister Englishman, Irishman and Scotsman. He has an unfortunate accident on a banana skin. And there's a fly in his soup. Guy is on the verge of discovering something very unpleasant. Making jokes is no laughing matter...
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