Ragtag Giggagon

Hilariously funny stuff, with wonderfully descriptive writing, from the pen of William Frederick Available on Amazon here ! And at Goodreads here ! Scanning much of this novel (and there's a lot in it, well worth its price), I can say that it's brought a smile to my face on every second or third page. The two central characters Bertram and Gertrude are reconciled and reunited in middle age after years apart. The result - alongside a plot involving a Chinese troublemaker and the Dutch secret service - is lewd filth of the highest order! (That's a good thing.) There are gags about infirmity, with Bertram frequently struggling for breath or requiring assistance (both chemical and physical for numerous reasons and in a variety of ways), doooobul untundras all over the place, and a very vivid prose style.  There is some wonderful characterisation too. Intelligent stuff beneath all the buffoonery. Bertram seems such a reluctant, cowardly and unreliable hero that he earns the read...