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Nigel Williams
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Pages: 224 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0571171516
Pub: Faber and Faber
Pub date: 1994-06-06
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 452952
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Excellent! (2/2 people found this helpful)
I've read this book 3 times and it makes me giggle every single time. A light and amusing read
Lackluster (4/5 people found this helpful)
The third in Williams' "Wimbledon trilogy" (following "The Wimbledon Poisoner" and "They came from SW19"), this is a rather lackluster satire of sorts. Robert Wilson an idiot in his mid-20s who has been a complete failure at everything he's attempted in life, thus he still lives with his tolerant parents. He's also a coward and inveterate liar, clumsily lying his way into corners which make his life more difficult than it needs to be. The premise of the book is that he pretends to be a Muslim in order to get a job teaching at a new Islamic boys school in Wimbledon. The school is founded and run by the energetic, good-humored, and decidedly smooth-talking Mr. Malik, who seems not to notice or care that Wilson is obviously not a Muslim and hires him. Robert's poorly executed charade is partly to blame for a flighty female friend getting drawn into this new Muslim world as well. There's a silly subplot involving a young boy who may or may not be the 24th imam as various sects of local Muslims engage in subterfuges around Robert and the school. It's not a bad idea for a farce, but it never comes together as the wacky hi-jinks just aren't that funny.
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