Title: Gives Tedium a Bad Name
Product review: Keith Laumer has done some wonderful and imaginative books over the years, particularly his Retief series. The premise here is interesting, but the situations are ridiculous, repetitive, and boring. When O'Leary changes shape, there's a girlfriend for his new body, a jealous boyfriend, and a father ready to start the wedding. He changes shape again, and there's a new girlfriend, jealous boyfriend, father, etc. The writing for both situations is nearly identical. One of his temporary bodies belongs with a band of gypsies, and reading pages of dialog written in a cheesy French accent is guaranteed to give you a headache. O'Leary is supposed to be smart, but he does something stupid to get out of trouble, and when it doesn't work, keeps doing the same stupid thing over and over again. It goes past being merely annoying and becomes obnoxious. This book is badly written, hard to finish, and has no redeeming features. Avoid.
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