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 The Wimbledon Poisoner - Nigel Williams
 The Wimbledon Poisoner - Nigel Williams ... comedy about an unsuccessful solicitor who decides to murder his wife, with devastating results.Newest Review: ... a cold-blooded murderer, even one as inept as Henry Farr, but Williams manages it well. Despite its lurid title, The ... more ... Wimbledon Poisoner is a comedy, and a very funny one. The humour emerges through the characters and Henry's observations of them, rather than jokes as such. It's still laugh out loud funny though, and I was especially amused by Henry's reflections on the shortcomings of poison as a murder weapon towards the end of the book.
Williams writing is highly articulate, and almost exclusively focused on his central character. It's all in the third person, however, which is great as although first person writing tends to faciliat...more |
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The Wimbledon Poisoner - Nigel Williams: Underground, overground, thalium, strychnine... (843 words)
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Wimbledon has entered cultural immortality in two ways. First, there's a certain tennis tournament that clogs up the District Line for a solid fortnight every June. Then you must, as the song goes, remember you're a womble. But in the 90s, Nick Williams punctured the twee image of this very English suburb in his vicious black comedy The Wimbledon Poisoner. You may remember this novel from its lavish BBC adaptation that starred Robert Lindsay and Alison Steadman. Henry Farr, in short, plans to poison his therapy-obsessed wife. And, in the grand tradition of these things, chaotic hijinks ensue. Henry is no monster, far from it. Apparently ... Read the complete review
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