A Light-hearted Look at Murder
  • Published: 15 August 2008
  • ISBN: 9780099460862
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $37.99

A Light-hearted Look at Murder

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Young stand-up comedian Mark Watson takes us on a clever romp through the dubious world of the lookalike business, where no one is as they seem.

Andreas is a German post-grad who looks like Hitler.
Rose is the fifth tallest woman in Britain.

Their tumultuous, bizarre love affair plays out through a prisoner's correspondence with the heartbroken Alexandra.

And as Andreas' peculiar tragedy unveils, Alexandra begins to find solitude in an uncanny world of lookalikes and murder.
  • Published: 15 August 2008
  • ISBN: 9780099460862
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $37.99
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Mark Watson

Mark Watson is one of Britain's most popular stand-up comedians. His comedy shows have won, among others, the Daily Telegraph Award, Time Out Best Stand-Up Award, Edinburgh Festival Panel Prize, and best shows at the Adelaide and Sydney Festivals. He has performed at every major international comedy festival and in more than twenty countries. He made comedy history at the Edinburgh Festival by performing for 24 hours, solo and without a break. He is a regular on many British TV shows and has had two highly successful BBC Radio 4 series, Mark Watson Makes the World Substantially Better and Mark Watson's Live Address to the Nation. He is the author of the novels Bullet Points and A Light-Hearted Look at Murder, and the non-fiction title Crap at the Environment. Mark Watson lives in London.

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Praise for A Light-hearted Look at Murder

Packed with brilliant observations and sharp one-liners, but it is also a surprising look at the nuts and bolts of comedy

The Times

Eloquence and wit ...shine from this gently peculiar story ... an absolute gem

Metro

Watson is a gifted comic writer unafraid to juggle material many comic writers wouldn't touch... an intelligent, humane and desperately funny tale

Independent on Sunday
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