Customer Reviews
inspirational - By: L. Hay, 31 Mar 2007 
What Lovejoy does not know about antiques, is not worth knowing. He is associated with the most disreputable people & is permanently broke. He is the champion of the underdog & drives the most extrsordinary car. Women dote on him & he makes good use of them. It is a delightful introduction to a great series.
I have been inspired to read more. Thoroughly enjoyable.
a delight for an aquired taste!! - By: Deborah MacGillivray, 27 Dec 2002 This was the first Lovejoy episode, but I warn American viewers of the Lovejoy telly series NOT to expect the books to be like Ian McShane's Version. This Lovejoy is not quite so loveable. He is shifty, ready to cheat anyone, ready to step over the line if he thinks he cannot get caught, he has a temper, kids shove him around, alll his old girlfriends - & there are legion - use him as babysitter. He has a very odd selection of friends - most of the telly characters do not show up to late in the series of books - he has very little respect for women as a whole, other than how he can use them, he barely pays his bills, loves animals, is a big mooch & lives on fried bread & tomato sandwiches. He lets people shove him around, only to turn around & stick up for the underdog.
All in alll, at times you might find Lovejoy very unloveable if not downright disgusting.
Ah, but to those that stick with it, you soon find that Lovejoy is an acquired taste that can leaving you howling.
This first one revolved around a pair of missing antique dualing pistols. If you get through to the end & find yourself enjoying the book, you will want to read the rest in the series...though you will always find Lovejoy at times rather disgusting!!
Highly recommended for those wishing their mysteries laced with Brit wit & humour, & that is off the beaten path.
a delight for an aquired taste!! - By: Deborah MacGillivray, 07 Dec 2002 This was the first Lovejoy, but I warn American viewers of the Lovejoy telly series NOT to expect the books to be like Ian McShane's Version. This Lovejoy is not quite so loveable. He is shifty, ready to cheat anyone, ready to step over the line if he thinks he cannot get caught, he has a temper, kids shove him around, alll his old girlfriends - & there are legion - use him as babysitter. He has a very odd selection of friends - most of the telly characters do not show up to late in the series of books - he has very little respect for women as a whole, other than how he can use them, he barely pays his bills, loves animals, is a big mooch & lives on fried bread & tomato sandwiches. He lets people shove him around, only to turn around & stick up for the underdog.
All in alll, at times you might find Lovejoy very unloveable if not downright disgusting.
Ah, but to those that stick with it, you soon find that Lovejoy is an acquired taste that can leaving you howling.
This first one revolved around a pair of missing antique dualing pistols. If you get through to the end & find yourself enjoying the book, you will want to read the rest in the series...though you will always find Lovejoy at times rather disgusting!!
Highly recommended for those wishing their mysteries laced with Brit wit & humour, & that is off the beaten path.
