Full Personal Service 31 July 1997 About the Author Bibliography Charles
Spencer
Full Personal Service 31 July 1997
About the Author
Bibliography
Full
Personal Service
We first met portly showbiz writer Will Benson in I Nearly
Died, in which he learned how dangerous giving bad notices can be. Now he has left the
theatrical newspaper for the loucher but possibly safer world of soft-porn publishing.
Although he is settled in connubial bliss with the lovely Kim, certain aspects of their
marriage (don't ask) necessitate the occasional visit to a tart with a heart in Pimlico.
When one day Will finds that his predecessor has overstepped the mark, to say the least,
he reluctantly finds himself once again forced into the role of reluctant private eye...
'Scruffy, chubby, disorganised Benson is a shrewd
and amiable operator, the writing is from the self-deprecatingly witty school…
altogether highly entertaining' Marcel Berlins, The Times
'Hugely sympathetic and funny enough to make you
laugh out loud' Philip Oakes, Literary Review
'A real find as a novelist. His books are a fine
example of that rare and special breed, the English comedy thriller. He writes witty and
selfless prose… full of magnificent cameos and vignettes' Ian Samson, Sunday
Telegraph '…wonderful… A splendidly comic saga' Sheridan Morley, Radio 2
'Charles Spencer's second novel is a
success… he crams in some delightfully nasty stuff' Gerald Kaufman, Daily Telegraph
'Will's distasteful job and unappealing
colleagues give Charles Spencer plenty of scope for expressing disapproval, without
restricting his talent for vivid description of filth of various kinds. Full Personal
Service has some funny moments and some horrible ones. The mystery is well handled; the
clues, fairly and neatly disguised' Natasha Cooper, Times Literary Supplement
'A very pleasing mixture of the sexy, comic and
suspenseful' The Stage
About The Author
Charles Spencer was born in 1955 and educated at Charterhouse and Balliol. After spells on
the Evening Standard, The Stage and the London Daily News, he became theatre critic of the
Daily Telegraph in 1991.
