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His Lordship Arsenal edition by Christopher G Moore Literature Fiction eBooks

A favorite of mine for the last 15 or so years, His Lordship's Arsenal is certainly an odd duck of a book. I found an uncorrected proof back in the 90s, randomly read a few pages, and was intrigued. I thought it was going to be a casual read. Instead, I got hooked. I finished it that same day.

A Canadian judge having a problem writing an opinion concerning a burned-down building takes a little advice from his next door neighbor, and engages in a bit of self-examination as a means to cure his writer's block.

Along the way, we come across a psychiatrist with a highly unethical side job (or two), a step-father out of step, a step-mother who was also an ex-lover, diplomats who weren't, cancer that wasn't, a father who (for a while) was something else, a mother who was missing in action, drug-crazed birds, a dead fireman, slug eating, assorted ex-wives and girlfriends, and the functioning center piece(s)... guns.

Certainly convoluted, the story doesn't completely come together until the end. None the less, I continue to find His Lordship's Arsenal to be (in no particular order) funny, tragic, a little sad, oddly thoughtful, and on occasion, a bit erotic. Of course, YMMV.

The Kindle Edition is a bit sloppy on formatting, with spaces missing between words, and HTML/formatting debris not fully removed from the original electronic document.

I am one of those people who re-reads some of their favorites. I'm glad there is a Kindle Edition (imperfect as it is), because my uncorrected proof is showing a bit of shelf wear.

Priced at a couple of dollars, I think it's at least a bargain. People who wind up being fans of the book will think it's a steal.


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His Lordship Arsenal edition by Christopher G Moore Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews

All I can say about this book is that I only read to page 15. It is writen by a local writer about the city where I live so I read about ten pages more than it deserved. You have to support local writers.
I found the writing tedious and the dialogue and characters cliched. There was no sign of a plot.
Some joker reserved this for me at the library, I know not why. Thinking I had done so because of a good review, I slogged through it. To say that the plot was contrived is to say that the sun is a little warm--an understatement's understatement. Usually in a novel, there's at least one character I care about, or like, but I'd be hard-pressed to name one here. Don't waste any time reading any of this.
I bought Waiting for the Lady after having heard Mr. Moore speak about his novel on CBC radio. I thought he had a special knowledge of Burma and Aung San Suu Kyi, and looked forward to reading a novel set in this time and place, and featuring this lady. I hoped that it would capture some of the magic that this country holds for me, and that it would provide new insights into what Suu Kyi's release might mean.
Instead I got a novel about a trip to Burma taken by an ageing ex-pat American living in Thailand, Sloan Walcott. He has an adolescent mentality, interested in only his own wants, which seem to be drinking Tiger beer, smoking `a fat one' (how many times did he mention his indulgence in these activities?), and fulfilling his sexual desires either in reality -- he has a girlfriend as well as a wife, or in fantasy -- he never misses an opportunity to use a sexual metaphor or simile, while some of his characters seem to be introduced just so he can recount some aspect of their sexual behaviour. He tosses beer cans into the street, ostensibly as his protest against the government's repressive rule. He bullies the weak, and in Burma, many of the people he interacts with are without power. His dialogue vocabulary relies heavily on the `f' word.
It was difficult to establish anything but dislike for this man, and since it's told in the first person, reading the book through was rather like being held captive by a insufferable bore, who continues to fatigue his audience with stories of his own boorish behaviour. Many of the incidents seem to have been included to pad out the book to its 342 pages; they are essentially unrelated to plot or character development and not very interesting. The other major characters, a friend Sloan takes to Burma with him and a woman they meet there, are barely more than one dimensional.
Moore's depiction of Burma is that of a sordid, dirty country with little attractiveness. The people he presents are dull witted and untrustworthy. I have visited Burma several times. It is a fascinating country still mostly unspoiled by Western cultural invasion; there is great beauty there and the people are gracious and generous.
I read this book by Christopher G. Moore for two primary reasons I am a fan of the author's writing. And this was the very first one he ever wrote, written over 30 years ago. I expected it to be insightful and it was. I expected it to be entertaining and it was. But like a duck it waddled at times and a crow would surely have decided to fly a straighter and quicker route. Christopher G. Moore is not a one hit wonder. He is not a bloviater. He is not a pontificater. He is an author - the real deal at a time when the true artist and the apprentice can have similar book covers but not similar art. Mr. Moore has written about 30 books, mostly fiction, with some books of essays. He's also edited anthologies with a noir short story theme. The issue I noted with Lordship's Arsenal is that it tries too hard to be too many things. As a reader this seems to be common in the maiden voyage for authors. There is still a lot of entertainment in the journey. The book had elements of Catcher in the Rye; Paper Chase; a bit of Love Story and guns and history too. Lots of guns. Some of history I liked. Other parts were too esoteric for me. The strengths for Moore, in my opinion, are the stand alone prose and how he paints the human condition. For fans of Moore's work there are some windows into both his future works of fiction and his essays. I happen to like both. I also like accurate book reviews. You are not going to find a better one on this book than the one written here by MG Nagy. This book is a bit of a gamble. But I say, buy the ticket, take the ride. The risk / reward is worth it.
I love the Vincent Calvino series but I wonder how Moore got published after reading this.
A favorite of mine for the last 15 or so years, His Lordship's Arsenal is certainly an odd duck of a book. I found an uncorrected proof back in the 90s, randomly read a few pages, and was intrigued. I thought it was going to be a casual read. Instead, I got hooked. I finished it that same day.

A Canadian judge having a problem writing an opinion concerning a burned-down building takes a little advice from his next door neighbor, and engages in a bit of self-examination as a means to cure his writer's block.

Along the way, we come across a psychiatrist with a highly unethical side job (or two), a step-father out of step, a step-mother who was also an ex-lover, diplomats who weren't, cancer that wasn't, a father who (for a while) was something else, a mother who was missing in action, drug-crazed birds, a dead fireman, slug eating, assorted ex-wives and girlfriends, and the functioning center piece(s)... guns.

Certainly convoluted, the story doesn't completely come together until the end. None the less, I continue to find His Lordship's Arsenal to be (in no particular order) funny, tragic, a little sad, oddly thoughtful, and on occasion, a bit erotic. Of course, YMMV.

The Edition is a bit sloppy on formatting, with spaces missing between words, and HTML/formatting debris not fully removed from the original electronic document.

I am one of those people who re-reads some of their favorites. I'm glad there is a Edition (imperfect as it is), because my uncorrected proof is showing a bit of shelf wear.

Priced at a couple of dollars, I think it's at least a bargain. People who wind up being fans of the book will think it's a steal.