The Gun Seller (1996) (edit title/settings)

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Characters edit see section history

• Thomas Lang: The narrator of the story.
• Solomon (aka David): Add a description of this character.
• Mr O'Neal
• Alexander Woolf
• Sarah Woolf
• Russell P. Barnes
• Naimh Murdah
• Benjamin
• Latifa
• Ricky
• Rayner
• Dirk
• Mccluskey
• Hugo
• Bernhard
• Tom
• Carl
• Francisco
• Beamon
• Mike
• Ronnie
• Micky
• Richie
• Philip
• Cyrus
• Lucas
• Mr Fincham
• Rhona
• Michael
• Greg
• Marren
• Spencer
• Jane

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• “Death and disaster are at our shoulders every second of our lives, trying to get at us. Missing, a lot of the time. A lot of miles on the motorway without a front wheel blow-out. A lot of viruses that slither through our bodies without snagging. A lot of pianos that fall a minute after we've passed. Or a month, it makes no difference. So unless we're going to get down on our knees and give thanks every time disaster misses, it makes no sense to moan when it strikes. Us, or anyone else. Because we're not comparing it with anything. And anyway, we're all dead, or never born, and the whole thing really is a dream.There, you see. That's a funny side.”

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• Just because it’s a bad job doesn’t mean I have to do it badly.’

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• So unless we’re going to get down on our knees and give thanks every time disaster misses, it makes no sense to moan when it strikes.

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• Newton’s Third Law of Conversation, if it existed, would hold that every statement implies an equal and opposite statement. To say that I’d turned the offer down raised the possibility that I might not have done.

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• Be humble in the face of facts, and proud in the face of opinions, as George Bernard Shaw once said.

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• I find I often think better when there’s someone else around to think for me.

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• So the statistician said ‘the odds against there being two, separate, unrelated bombs on board your next flight are exactly ten million to one against.’ The man looked puzzled, and said ‘that’s all well and good, but how does it help me?’ The statistician replied: ‘It’s very simple. You take a bomb on board with you.’

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• there’s an undeniable pleasure in stepping into an open-top sports car driven by a beautiful woman. It feels like you’re climbing into a metaphor.

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• You know how it is when you’re caught up in the flow of things. Normally, words are sent from the brain towards the mouth, and somewhere along the line you take a moment to check them, see that they are actually the ones you ordered and that they’re nicely wrapped, before you bundle them on their way towards your palate and out into the fresh air.

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• In life, night rises from the ground. The day hangs on for as long as it can, bright and eager, absolutely and positively the last guest to leave the party, while the ground darkens, oozing night around your ankles, swallowing for ever that dropped contact lens, making you miss that low catch in the gully on the last ball of the last over.

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• Given the choice, I’d usually say that the more obvious you are, the more obvious you are, but choice was one of the things I was short of at that moment. Necessity is the mother of self-delusion.

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• London
• Prague
• Casablanca
• Cork Street
• Paris
• Europe
• England
• Belgravia
• Amsterdam

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• Plinth: A base supporting a statue, vase or column.
• Remand: To commit to custody
• Mews: A row or street of houses or apartments that have been converted from stables or built to look like former stables
• Cosh: A thick heavy stick or bar used as a weapon; a bludgeon
• Abseil: Rappel; a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body.
• Facile: Performing adroitly and without effort.
• Gormless: Lacking intelligence and vitality.
• Swot: A person who studies hard, especially one regarded as spending too much time studying
• Funicular: Of or relating to a rope or its tension.
• Charabanc: An early form of bus, used typically for pleasure trips.

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Hugh Laurie (Author)

Other Contributors:

1. Roar Sørensen (Translator) - Norwegian translator
2. Ljubica Klančar (Translator) - Slovenian translator

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• Dewey: 823.914

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• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Thrillers › Spy Stories & Tales of Intrigue
• Books › Literature & Fiction