A True and Perfect Knight by Jeffrey Robinson
K C Doone was a Wall Street trader and confirmed coward simply trying to get through life. That is, until the day life hit back. Within twenty-four hours, he'd lost his job, had found his third wife in bed with her personal trainer, had discovered his bank accounts were empty, had come home to a totally empty apartment, had learned that his ageing mother was about to get thrown out of her apartment, and had found out, the hard way, that sometimes even a confirmed coward simply has to fight back. It took some goulash dinner to teach him how to day-trade; an unforgettable cast of misfits in his corner to give him the courage to don his suit of armour; a Grand Tour of Europe to seek out the elusive Sir Tommy d'Aquin Whitestone, one of the richest men on earth; a mis-dialled phone number and a mysterious woman on the other end to keep him going; and a faulty lift in London to change him forever. With warmth, humour and his eye for life's absurdities, Jeffrey Robinson turns a day trader's adventures in the real world into the 'feel good' novel of the year.
Fast, funny and full of wisecracks and wonderful lawyers - Phillip Knightley, MAIL ON SUNDAY (4 stars) Like going out to dinner with your most entertaining friend Val McDermid This is Jeffrey Robinson's fifth novel and his 17th bookIn such witty and diverting novels as The Monks Disciples and The Margin of the Bulls, Robinson has honed his highly entertaining style, with a particular emphasis on rich and outrageous characterisation. The new book has an eccentric but likeable hero, blithely thinking he has solved life's mysteries until he is faced with a terrifying situation: he loses his job, discovers his wife in bed with her personal trainer and hears that his mother is about to be dispossessed. But aided by a memorable cast of misfits, he begins a search for a mysterious Knight of the Realm who will aid him in his quest to regain his life. The means by which this is accomplished involve some highly unlikely plotting, but the energy and wit with which Robinson marshals his forces keep the reader's suspension of disbelief in place and the characters stay firmly on the right side of plausibility. This functions as both as an audaciously plotted comedy of errors (with a far-from-heroic protagonist) and as a comic thriller of considerable skill. The dialogue, too, is a pleasure, with wisecracks to equal Elmore Leonard at his most mordant. Barry Forshaw, AMAZON.CO.UK REVIEW
Jeffrey Robinson was born in New York and lived in the South of France for twelve years before settling in London fifteen years ago. His non-fiction has constantly been in the bestseller lists.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780316644723 |
| ISBN 10 | 0316644722 |
| Title | A True and Perfect Knight |
| Author | Jeffrey Robinson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown & Company |
| Year published | 1999-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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