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caterinaanna's review
4.0
Actually read in the [b:Dead Funny|371032|Dead Funny Flying Dutch and Faust Among Equals|Tom Holt|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174229553s/371032.jpg|360999] omnibus but since the correct edition of that does not show, nor can I add it, I thought may as well have this incorrect cover as the other, especially as I did read the two books within a book separately.
Holt adds a couple of peculiar premises to a familiar tale and lets the puns fly. In this instance the Flying Dutchman has an insurance policy that could bankrupt the world, is wandering the oceans because he's smelly, and huge scientific advances have been made as a side-effect of trying to cure this side-effect of the potion he and his crew have imbibed. The plot is, therefore, very silly, but just about explainable. Great fun, but decided to pause before moving onto the next book in the volume.
Holt adds a couple of peculiar premises to a familiar tale and lets the puns fly. In this instance the Flying Dutchman has an insurance policy that could bankrupt the world, is wandering the oceans because he's smelly, and huge scientific advances have been made as a side-effect of trying to cure this side-effect of the potion he and his crew have imbibed. The plot is, therefore, very silly, but just about explainable. Great fun, but decided to pause before moving onto the next book in the volume.
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