Title: Where is the humor?
Product review: Maybe it gets lost in translation. This British mystery is long on a kind of pseudo-sophistication and short on genuine wit or humor. The protagonist isn't particularly likable or even memorable. He seemed as amoral as the mystery's criminals, who deal cocaine, act as pimps, and arrange orgies for the amusement of spoiled internationals intent on combining a little education with a lot of vice. The only truly likable character is killed off early in the novel, making the rest of it an unappealing read.
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