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The Girl with the Golden Bouffant: An Original Jane Bond Parody

Mabel Maney
4.1 / 5.0
Published: 2004 ISBN: 9780380803118

Description

When James Bond suffers an unfortunate grooming mishap involving a hair-pomade explosion and a cigarette lighter, the British Secret Service needs a substitute—and fast. Enter Jane Bond, the sharp-witted, lesbian twin sister who is more than happy to trade her own identity for her brother’s tuxedo. Her mission: infiltrate a high-stakes spy convention in the glitzy, neon-soaked Las Vegas of the Rat Pack era and maintain the legendary Bond reputation for womanizing and debauchery. Accompanied by the loyal Cedric Pumpernickel and her stunning girlfriend, G.E.O.R.G.I.E. agent Bridget St. Claire, Jane quickly finds that playing the role of a world-famous womanizer is far more complicated than she anticipated. Between dodging the unwanted advances of a scrawny lounge singer and navigating the perilous waters of international espionage, Jane’s cover is tested when an Estonian agent takes a fatal plunge off the Hoover Dam. What starts as a whirlwind of gambling and jet packs quickly spirals into a lethal race against time. Jane must unravel a sinister plot to liquidate the West’s top spies before she becomes the next target. With glamour, danger, and a blossoming romance, Jane Bond proves that the best man for the job is actually a woman.

Customer Reviews

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Five Stars

Just silly fun to read
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localreader
August 1, 2005

Great Writer

Mabel Maney is a great writer, full of exuberance and wit. So many books these days are so glum, it's a pleasure to enter Maney's world and see the colors and sights jump off the page. I will definitely read any other books she has coming out!
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T. Metz
May 4, 2004

How do you parody Las Vegas?

This is a wonderful, wonderful book. I read all of Mabel Maney's Nancy Drew parodies, and the James Bond parody before this one. This one is also James (Jane) Bond, but it brings us back to American sixties kitsch, which is Maney's strong suit. There's just so much to make fun of, from the hokey FBI schtick to the "Dorothy Duncan Defrost-Off" competition. The funniest bit is the scene where the spy girls are doing a make-over of the spoiled wife of Sammy Martini (read "famous dissolute lounge act whose name had to be changed in order to avoid legal, or mob, action") and you're not sure whether they are going to fix her hair or carry out a hit. But there's a ton of classic Americana in here. I never want to eat frozen food again. But I do want to visit "old" Las Vegas.
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"kimthebear"
May 21, 2004

Maney is smart, sexy, and shakes a good martini

If God is in the details, Mabel Maney is surely going to heaven in a diamond-studded dog collar! The research it must have taken her to get this parody oh-so-right boggles the mind. I no longer wish I were around in the sixties to see Vegas in its heyday because Maney has recreated the scene(s) to such hilarious perfection and detail that I don't need to taste the fondue to know it was disgusting. As for Maney, all her books are a fun romp filled with joy, silliness, and chutzpah, and Girl With The Golden Bouffant is another notch in her lipstick case.
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Bubbles
May 8, 2004

Hugely intelligent, achingly funny

Mabel Maney is in cahoots with her reader and trusts them to get the jokes, and this James Bond parody abounds with them. She's a hugely intelligent writer, but don't let that stop you. There's a gem lurking in every sentence--her writing bears close inspection. Maney's sly social commentary sneaks up on you, and her own sense of laughter is infectious. Wonderful foolishness combined with a keenly observed sense of the world we live in.