Robin Anderson Author Reviews

Ceruse - A Cover-up Extraordinaire

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

"I always think about it long and hard!"
Grady Harp - Amazon - December 2014

Robin Anderson takes a million and one chances in this stingingly funny novel and his writing style is so
adept that he knows exactly how to balance camp with storyline. A little background: Anderson was born
in Scotland and educated in Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, and South Africa and while his novels have a
decidedly bent twist, is day job is that of an internationally respected interior designer. And in that field
he likely has encountered much of the classy fodder he molds into this book.

As usual the author's plot summary is best: Blame it all on the words `raunch' or `universal', otherwise
why and how do the paths of an agent - hell bent on revenge - two males models, a Sophia Loren lookalike,
a vindictive international photographer, a garrotte, a mysterious, white paste and Queen Elizabeth the
First inevitably cross and sometimes double cross? One clue may lie in Venice, another in Udaipur or even the Amazon jungle, but it all follows a vicious encounter between the Sophia Loren lookalike and an art student more interested in the delights of acrimony than art. Add to this a champion "rugger bugger," a fashion designer with a chip on his shoulder bigger than any "Dynasty" shoulder pad and the nail-biting "fun" starts to unravel!'
For those who have gleefully romped through Robin Anderson's inimitable books, this is yet another success. For those who haven't purchased a ticket aboard this hilarious pleasure train, welcome. Robin Anderson gratefully remains Robin Anderson - a man with extraordinary wit and parody and naughtiness that outshines all possible competitors.

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"Hell Bent on Revenge."
Amos Lassen

Here we go with another Robin Anderson adventure that includes two male models, a Sophia Loren
lookalike, a vindictive international photographer, a garrotte, a mysterious white paste and Queen
Elizabeth the First. Now once you saw that list of characters I would not even have to tell you who
wrote this book – Anderson always manages to get together the unlikely and the fantastic. The plot
has something to do with revenge – it seems that there is this agent who is determined to get back at
someone for something. We are not sure what.

There are clues everywhere and we only know that whatever it is it has to do with “raunch” and “universal”
so going to Venice and/or to jungles in the Amazon makes for no never mind. There is this art student
who finds acrimony much more interesting than art and what about that Sophia Loren double?

Blame it all on the words RAUNCH or UNIVERSAL, otherwise why and how do the paths of an agent – hell bent on revenge – two males models, a Sophia Loren lookalike, a vindictive international photographer, a garrotte, a mysterious, white paste and Queen Elizabeth the First inevitably cross and sometimes double cross?

One clue may lie in Venice, another in Udaipur or even the Amazon jungle, but it all follows a vicious encounter between the Sophia Loren lookalike and an art student more interested in the delights of acrimony than art.

Add to this a champion “rugger bugger,” a fashion designer with a chip on his shoulder bigger than any “Dynasty” shoulder pad and the nail biting “fun” starts to unravel!

I cannot say anymore about the plot without spoiling the read so just get a copy, sit back and enjoy.

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