His best
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"I tried to live my life decently. For a long time. I really did, but it didn't work." Through an entertaining story, Fischer's new novel evokes the casual, regretful unscrupulousness and immorality of our time which strikes you with the force of a blinding light.
But the language alone would have kept me reading. Fischer's witty sentences with their ups and downs, twists and turns are thrilling dramas on their own. It's not a book you will forget.
Stephen Vizinczey
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Oh God
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Oh God ...the best so far. A real page turner with great wit and pace. Can't wait to visit the haunts when I next visit Miami.
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God Is Great
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Fischer's latest is great fun. Written with pace and laden with his customary wit, thoroughly enjoyed the book. Definitely his best since The Thought Gang. Plus the ending left the possibility of more Tyndale adventures. I really hope so.
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Good God!
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This is a superb book. Fischer has transplanted another of his superbly drawn losers from his usual patch (grubby, grimy South London) to sunny, superficial Miami, where he encounters all manner of deranged lowlife. Good to be God is by turns funny (very) and, ultimately, given the subject matter, quite tragic. Fischer writes about America (this is his first book to be set there) with more wit, insight and verve than his winded punchbag, Martin "Dubya" Amis.
Good to be God is redolent of the best Miami noir - Elmore Leonard, Charles Willeford and Nick Stone.
In short, a superb book and a sparkling return to form.
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