- Paperback: 368 pages
- Publisher: Avon (April 22 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0380803119
- ISBN-13: 978-0380803118
- Product Dimensions: 20.4 x 13.6 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 295 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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#393,613 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #40 in Books > Gay & Lesbian > Literature & Fiction > Mysteries > Lesbian
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From Publishers Weekly
Irrepressible lesbian secret spy Jane Bond is back in the flawed second installment of Maney's campy riff on the adventures of the Queen's favorite agent, 007, featuring his masquerading sister, known as 007½. It is 1966, and Jane is once again pressed into service impersonating her out-of-commission brother, James, at an annual, very secret all-male spy convention in Las Vegas. Jane is actually a double agent, a member of the even more secret all-female spy agency G.E.O.R.G.I.E. (Girls in Europe Organized to Right Grievances and Insure Equality), where her true allegiance lies. Jane heads to gambling heaven with fellow agent Cedric Pumpernickel, followed by her sexy undercover girlfriend, Bridget St. Claire, also a G.E.O.R.G.I.E. agent. A slew of wacky Vegas characters add color and pizzazz to Jane's adventures, which take a deadly turn when one of the convention's spies is tossed off the nearby Hoover Dam. As Jane discovers that the world's top agents are to be methodically eliminated one by one, she and her colleagues must race to stop the killer as well as to keep Jane's true identity secret. Maney (Kiss the Girls and Make Them Spy; The Case of the Not-So-Nice Nurse) ably parodies Ian Fleming's original Bond novels, including the sort of madcap details and outrageous stunts to be expected. However, the overwhelming number of minor characters and overly exhaustive side plots detract from the main story line, and the silly dialogue proves tricky to untangle. This is still a fun romp, certain to do well for the target gay and lesbian market.
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From Booklist
James Bond having been rendered comatose in an ill-advised adventure, his twin sister Jane must fill his shoes as agent 007--literally. Of course, Jane, aka 007, isn't an exact replica; for that she needs shoulder padding, itchy prosthetic chest hair, and who knows what else. Fortunately, Miss Tuppenny, intrepid agency secretary, has formed a mirror secret agency of women operatives, and to it Jane and her lover, Bridget St. Clair, belong. Its handle? Girls in Europe Organized to Right Grievances and Insure Equality--G.E.O.R.G.I.E. As for the plot here, it's a comedy of errors for Jane, partly because, disguised as a bored Italian contessa, she is separated from Bridget. Maney had many rolling on the floor with her "Nancy Clue" lesbian detective tales, complete with femme and butch sidekicks, and her new parody of a series often read itself with tongue in cheek keeps the hilarity cooking. Sure to please Maney fans and earn her many more. Whitney Scott
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Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Not up to par,
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This review is from: The Girl With The Golden Bouffant: An Original Jane Bond Parody (Paperback)
I am a huge Mabel Maney fan, but I was disappointed in this book. There's no light hearted romance in this book--just endless inventories of horrible 1950s pop culture items, and tiresome characters beating each other up. Jane spends the entire book in drag with a glued-on unibrow. Way too much of the book is about Cedric and his unappealing love interest. I kept waiting to be entertained and charmed, as I inevitably am by Maney, and instead I felt just slightly ill. Read the Nancy Clue books or the original Jane Bond parody, but borrow this one from someone who will take it back.
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This review is from: The Girl With The Golden Bouffant: An Original Jane Bond Parody (Paperback)
Mabel Maney, yeah, YOU! Keep writing PLEASE! And do a tv show or a cartoon or something! Or how about a video game, breakfast cereal, or a school snack? This is just another marvelous Mabel Maney masterpiece! Mabel Maney wrote the book on inside jokes in queer fiction. Please bring Midge and Velma back in another Nancy book and lots more Jane! Thanks for the fun!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Maney is smart, sexy, and shakes a good martini,
By "kimthebear" (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Girl With The Golden Bouffant: An Original Jane Bond Parody (Paperback)
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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