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This is an anthology of six parodies, five novellas and one short story. The humor is definitely modern British and is a mixture of what Americans would recognize as middle-school salacious and British would describe as Public School potty (if not worse). For American readers unfamiliar with modern British slang, much of it is completely impenetrable and that, at least, is a blessing. I was only able to finish the first three pieces and part of the fourth, and those only with great effort. After flogging myself for almost two weeks to complete the book, I surrendered to my cowardly impulses and decided to write a review based on what I had read. On the basis of the first three pieces, the book is a waste of time unless the reader is ‘into’ one of the types of humor described above. If you like that sort of thing, then this book is your meat and potatoes, or poison, as the case may be. As must be apparent, I do not enjoy titillation and toilet humor, nor do I have a taste for snicker material or political satire written for adolescents. The book contains a good deal of both items, continuing on and on and… The stories are, in order of emergence; “Sherlock Holmes and the Underpants of Death,” a gross parody of HOUN, “The Mystery of the Hidden Turd,” an unmentionable mystery, “The Problem of the Poultry Affair,” a paltry effort, “The Adventure of the Lingering Stench,” which left a bad taste, “The Experience of the Quickest Client,” the lone thankfully short parody, and “The Conundrum of the Missing Motherfucker,” a definite Freudian slip. The stories often live up to their titles and are strewn about with strange characters, mostly Holmes and Watson. Reviewed by: Philip K. Jones, July, 2009. Published in “The Illustrious Clients News,” [V33, #01, 01/2010] Published in “The Formulary,” [#20, 12/2010]Read full review
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