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When Beverly Hills Police Officer Charlie Willis pulls over a speeding Rolls Royce hell-bent for Neiman Marcus, he's surprised to see Esther Radcliffe, the geriatric star of the TV series "Miss Agatha," behind the wheel. He's even more surprised when she guns him down and keeps on driving. A few hours later, he wakes up in the intensive care unit...to find a William Morris agent, a network president, and the head of Pinnacle Studios standing at the foot of his bed. They have a proposal for him: in exchange for conveniently forgetting who shot him, they'll make him the star of his own series, "My Gun Has Bullets." So Charlie trades in his real badge for a fake one...and so begins an uproarious but deadly romp through the wonderful world of TV make-believe...with real bullets.
"Lee Goldberg has written a winner!" --Stephen J. Cannell, executive producer/creator "The A-Team," "21 Jump Street," and "The Rockford Files."
"My Gun Has Bullets has an outrageous, laugh-til-you're-sick scene seemingly on every other page." --Dan Petrie Jr. Oscar-nominated screenwriter of "Beverly Hills Cop"
"A rousing send-up of everything and everyone in the world of show-biz."--Judith Kreiner, The Washington Times
"Hilarious, suspenseful, action-packed...its band of merry, and not so merry, homicidal maniacs may be the greatest cast ever assembled," Warren Murphy, Edgar Award winning author/creator of the Remo Williams: Destroyer series
"A funny, crude, outrageous satire about Tinseltown guaranteed to amuse, offend, and fulfill your worst fears about Hollywood," Linda Litchfield, Los Angeles Daily News.
"A hilarious send-up of the TV industry...that offers plenty of fast talk, sleaze, and all the good stuff that the tabloids have so much fun exploiting," Library Journal
BONUS MATERIAL: This special Kindle edition now includes two samples of other books:
DEAD SPACE, the outrageous sequel to MY GUN HAS BULLETS
SUCKERS, the hilarious novel by J.A. Konrath and Jeff Strand. | | | Product Details: | | | Average Customer Rating:
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15 of 16 found the following review helpful:
 Screamingly funnyApr 06, 1998
It's incredible that this book is out-of-print already. I ran across it in the library, starting reading the first few pages, and had to run for the desk. Laughing so hard (and so quietly) that the librarians were about to dial 911. Fortunately, one of them had read the book, and understood why I was weeping and gasping for breath. Took it home and had sore stomach and cheek muscles for a week. This is easily among the ten funniest books I've ever read.
12 of 13 found the following review helpful:
 4 1/2 starsJul 18, 2009
By Lynn ODell
"Red Adept Reviews - A Blog"
The Good Stuff:
This is a hilarious satire of the television industry with a little murder and mayhem thrown in. Much of the humor is 'tongue-in-cheek' while other scenes are just plain slapstick.
My favorite part was Charlie getting shot by a little old lady trying to get to the Neiman Marcus sale before it was over.
Let's hope the mob never gets that involved with television; although, if they decided to air more episodes of "The Sopranos", I wouldn't cry over it.
I could see this book in my mind as I read it, like watching a movie. Mr. Goldberg is an extremely talented writer.
The Bad Stuff:
I only caught one small error in plot development. Towards the end, there is a sentence: "This was the first time Charlie Willis had ever heard Delbert Skaggs' voice." This wasn't true as he had previously bugged a phone and heard a voice which was identified by another party as Delbert Skaggs.
There were a few errors in this Kindle edition. It was just the usual conversion typos, such as inserting an 'll' for an 'n'. Nothing too distracting, though.
I do think it would have been better had it focused more on Charlie and developed his character in a deeper manner. It skipped around quite a bit at times, then backtracked. I'm just not as fond of that method.
Overall: Truly funny book. Anyone who understands and enjoys satire, while thinking television is sometimes overrated, will enjoy this book.
Rating: Rated R for language and sexual situations.
Length: Novel - 7050 Locations
8 of 9 found the following review helpful:
My Gun is HilariousFeb 12, 2004
By Patrick Burnett
"penngos"
Lee Goldberg's My Gun Has Bullets is definitely one of the crazier, funnier books I've come across in a very long time. he situations are broad and unbelievable, but there is enough truth there to make you wonder. The situation, in which the Mob finances a television series and, when the show doesn't do as well as expected, begins killing off the stars of the competing shows, is not in itself laugh out loud funny, but Goldberg's deft poking manages to create humor out of a silly premise. The erstwhile star of the book, Charlie Willis, is also the novel's main flaw - he's just too good to be believed. He's a gentle, kind, aw-shucks ex-cop who gets his own TV series. When the competition staerts dropping like flies, he acts like a cop once again, hunting the killers. If you're interested at all in the makings of a TV program, you'll enjoy this book. Though tongue-in-cheek, there's enough truth to make you think. The comedy is broad, (think Woody Allen's early films), the writing is above-average and the novel is entertaining, What more did you want?
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Death by misadventureApr 28, 2010
By Book Worm
Funny, witty in parts, a good read. First half is very well written, second half tries too hard and becomes a parody of itself. Lots of typos in the Kindel version - mostly 'l's and 'I's for 't's. Becomes a bit distracting after a while. The plot is original, the dead-pan delivery of the main character is funny. The story is a bit stilted in parts, like it was written with genuine enthusiasm then the author - Lee Goldberg got a little bored and went a bit crazy himself. All the characters are stereotypes and the cliches come thick and fast. The dog - Boo Boo is just strange - by the end of the book you can definetly see the 'toilet goes into the wall'.
Made me laugh...
4 of 5 found the following review helpful:
What a fun read!Jul 30, 2009
By Saintly Brees
"Just a guy and his Kindle"
Nicely done. A very cool, tongue-in-cheek, send up of the television industry wrapped in a murder mystery. Loved the thinly veiled characters that Mr. Goldberg salts the book with - especially Esther Radcliffe.
A fun read, a worthy read. Don't miss out on this one. And check out the sequel, "Beyond the Beyond".
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