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Laszlo’s Millions is a hilarious, mad picture of London in the 1970’s as seen by Tom Bloch, a drug-fuelled spy who is also likely to inherit several millions from the lover of his dead grandmother Hazel. We learn how she met and fell in love with the priapic Count Laszlo Mindchyck, the Laszlo of the title, only to run away into the mists of war when bullied and tormented by his dreadful offspring. And how, many years later, she drops dead when informed that she is his heir\u2026leaving Tom, her heir, likely to inherit everything. But there are conditions!<\/p>\n
The book is a weaving of stories, each bursting with life-loving characters, each determined to make Tom’s life even more complicated than it is. We visit the parents of Tom\u2019s schizophrenic lover Mona, and discover what made her mad. The journey from Johannesburg and the Apartheid dystopia brings us the character of the Brigadier, who is now in charge of the BOSS spies in London. BOSS \u2013 the feared Bureau of State Security, the South African intelligence service, charged with identifying and terminating anti-Apartheid activists. Tom\u2019s employers. Whose headquarters is in the Gents\u2019 toilet at Sloane Square.<\/p>\n
The novel takes shape eventually with Tom\u2019s dreadful dilemma: should he abandon all his principles, assume a three-piece suit and thus win the inheritance from Laszlo? He has nine months to convince a panel of \u201cJurors\u201d that he is a fit and responsible person to handle Laszlo\u2019s Millions. Which means selling out, abandoning his best friend Pieter, and heading into history\u2026Zoom.<\/p>\n
In style, the writing is Tom Sharpe meets Monty Python via Kurt Vonnegut and a dash of Franz Kafka\u2026.<\/p>\n