PATRICIA K. (AgathaRaisin) reviewed Putting on the Ritz (Philip & Gilbert, Bk 2) on + 61 more book reviews
A deliciously, maliciously deft comedy of bad manners, high society, financial skulduggery, and romantic infighting.
Roll over, Wilde, Wodehouse, and Noel Coward! Joe Keenan is back--and so are his ineffable creations, Philip Cavanaugh and Gilbert Selwyn, the hilariously witty duo who've turned social climbing into a form of terrorism. In Putting On the Ritz they invade the entourage of a tasteless New York real-estate and media magnate, try to turn his talentless wife (a woman so rich "she ovulates Faberge eggs") into a chanteuse, and vie for the affections of a paralyzingly suave magazine editor--in a novel whose comic complications, dizzying repartee, and cast of high-hat lowlifes are nothing less than irresistible.
Roll over, Wilde, Wodehouse, and Noel Coward! Joe Keenan is back--and so are his ineffable creations, Philip Cavanaugh and Gilbert Selwyn, the hilariously witty duo who've turned social climbing into a form of terrorism. In Putting On the Ritz they invade the entourage of a tasteless New York real-estate and media magnate, try to turn his talentless wife (a woman so rich "she ovulates Faberge eggs") into a chanteuse, and vie for the affections of a paralyzingly suave magazine editor--in a novel whose comic complications, dizzying repartee, and cast of high-hat lowlifes are nothing less than irresistible.
Putting on the Ritz is fabulous.. the hilarity abounds. Joe Keenan head writer for Fraser in the early years, is a very gifted writer who will knock your socks off.
Wendy W. (wendyluree) reviewed Putting on the Ritz (Philip & Gilbert, Bk 2) on + 19 more book reviews
More "I Love Lucy" type fun with Gilbert and company from the writer of Frasier and Desperate Housewives.
