The Good, the Bad and the Smug, Tom Holt
The Good, the Bad and the Smug, Tom Holt
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The Good, the Bad and the Smug
YouSpace Book 4

Author: Tom Holt

Series: YouSpace

Narrator: Ray Sawyer

Unabridged: 13 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/30/2015


Synopsis

'This is a must-read for those who grew up in awe of The Phantom Tollbooth...Holt achieves near-perfection in his new comic fantasy.' - Publishers Weekly, starred review

'Exceedingly clever and funny.' RT Book Reviews

New Evil.
Same as the Old Evil, but with better PR.

Mordak isn't bad, as far as goblin kings go, but when someone, or something, starts pumping gold into the human kingdoms it puts his rule into serious jeopardy. Suddenly he's locked in an arms race with a species whose arms he once considered merely part of a calorie-controlled diet.

Helped by an elf with a background in journalism and a masters degree in being really pleased with herself, Mordak sets out to discover what on earth (if indeed, that's where he is) is going on. He knows that the truth is out there. If only he could remember where he put it.

A witty fantasy novel of good, evil and everything inbetween, from one of Britain's best-loved comic writers - perfect for fans of Terry Pratchett or Douglas Adams.

Books by Tom Holt:

Walled Orchard Series
Goatsong
The Walled Orchard

J.W. Wells & Co. Series
The Portable Door
In Your Dreams
Earth, Air, Fire and Custard
You Don't Have to Be Evil to Work Here, But It Helps
The Better Mousetrap
May Contain Traces of Magic
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Sausages

YouSpace Series
Doughnut
When It's A Jar
The Outsorcerer's Apprentice
The Good, the Bad and the Smug

Novels
Expecting Someone Taller
Who's Afraid of Beowulf
Flying Dutch
Ye Gods!
Overtime
Here Comes the Sun
Grailblazers
Faust Among Equals
Odds and Gods
Djinn Rummy
My Hero
Paint your Dragon
Open Sesame
Wish you Were Here
Alexander at World's End
Only Human
Snow White and the Seven Samurai
Olympiad
Valhalla
Nothing But Blue Skies
Falling Sideways
Little People
Song for Nero
Meadowland
Barking
Blonde Bombshell
The Management Style of the Supreme Beings
An Orc on the Wild Side

About Tom Holt

Tom Holt was born in London in 1961. At Oxford he studied bar billiards, ancient Greek agriculture and the care and feeding of small, temperamental Japanese motorcycle engines. These interests led him, perhaps inevitably, to qualify as a solicitor and emigrate to Somerset, where he specialised in death and taxes for seven years before going straight in 1995. He lives in Chard, Somerset, with his wife and daughter. He also writes as K. J. Parker.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Pam on June 23, 2020

This isn't the sort of book I would normally read because - apart from a few honorary exceptions such as Douglas Adams' Hitch-hiker's Guide - I quite often find humorous stories rather too heavy handed and to be trying too hard to be funny. However, this was passed to me by a friend who enjoyed it,......more

Goodreads review by Gerhard on August 30, 2015

The doughnut was definitely looking at him. Hello, sailor, it seemed to be saying. Tom Holt’s latest foray into YouSpace is a bit of a detour into fantasy, probably at the insistence of K.J. Parker. Terry Pratchett inevitably springs to mind, who kind of perfected this trenchant inversion of modern i......more

Goodreads review by Jasper on July 20, 2015

originally published at: [URL not allowed] I was first introduced to Tom Holt's books about 6 years ago when I was reading Christopher Moore. Tom Holt was a high recommendation based on his books. My reading adventure started with The Portable Door and to be honest that was one......more

Goodreads review by Robert 'Rev. Bob' on August 04, 2015

Excellent, as usual. Holt knows his craft, and this fourth YouSpace volume tilts the series a little more toward fantasy from its theoretically SF origins. In the finest traditions of satire, there's plenty of snarky commentary to go around, on subjects ranging from moral relativism and economic man......more

Goodreads review by Kiwi on November 06, 2015

I usually quite like Tom Holt, butfor some reason this reminded me of a sort of bargain basement combination of Terry Pratchett, minus Sir Pterry's flashes of profundity, and Monty Python.......more


Quotes

Wacky humour bubbles through the polished narrative . . . Holt doesn't skimp on the flashes of brilliance SFX

Gratifying clever and very amusing Mail on Sunday

Witty and eccentric Time Out

Uniquely twisted . . . cracking gag Guardian