Robin Anderson Author Reviews

Bobette - The Ups & Downs of a Total
(Male) Tart!

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

"Masterful."
Andrew Wicks - Author

"There is no other author quite like the great Robin Anderson. He manages again to expertly weave a
griping tale, filled with clever comedy, witty dialogue and touching drama. Very simply, this is a must read
for everyone!"

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

★ ★ ★ ★

"Look at the lollipop noon!"
Grady Harp – Amazon – December 2014

Robin Anderson takes a million and one chances in this stingingly funny novel and his writing style is so adept that he knows exactly how to balance camp with storyline. A little background: Anderson was born in Scotland and educated in Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, and South Africa and while his novels have a decidedly bent twist, is day job is that of an internationally respected interior designer. And in that field he likely has encountered much of the classy fodder he molds into this book.

In his prologue to this `biography', Anderson opens with the statement, `My friend Bobette's claim to fame was he gave the best blowjobs ever! Hence the name Bob-ette.' And so we are off on a typical Robin Anderson adventure into the fantasy world few can explore as well as he: `The story of BOBETTE - definitely a love story with a difference! - spans nigh on six decades! It tarnishes even those brightest, legendary luminaries of the "silver screen" and the writer feels privileged at having been taken into BOBETTE'S confidence - though never his bed! - and asked to reveal all. The book contains a worldly run of events at times tear jerking or - on other occasions - madcap, camp and downright maddening. How did the writer meet this much loved, much "lived-in" and much maligned hero? It all begins by witnessing the falling of BOBETTE from atop a full-size, wooden Dodo bird. Follow BOBETTE's adventures from his early days in non-glamorous Gidding to the glamour of London, Los Angeles and finally, the exotic island of Sri Lanka where our intrepid hero blossoms into an entrepreneur-cum-impresario. Not even the destructive tsunami of 2004 can defect the determined BOBETTE from his final goals. The reader will meet the elegant RUPERT ETHERTON-SMYTHE, a key player and influence in BOBETTE's life, plus the likes of DAPHNE SLANT and RIP REDWOOD- to mention a few. A savoury of delights - some unsavoury -is guaranteed whilst a box of tissues would not go amiss!'

Robin Anderson just keeps writing these naughty but oh so entertaining books and his audience grows and grows. We are always at a loss where he will take us next. But wherever that is, it is bound to be cock full of fun and risqué humor.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Amos Lassen

If you love a good story that will make you laugh, than here is one for you. We are with Bobette for some sixty years and learn his story. We first meet Bobette under strange circumstances (which you will have to discover yourselves. His adventures make a superhero look mild. From, humble beginnings Bobette makes his way to London, Los Angeles and Sri Lanka and becomes an impresario in his field (you may ask what field is that and I say read the book).

If you have read Robin Anderson in the past then you know about the colorful characters he creates and if you have not read Anderson, the time has come to start. Like the characters, the plot is wild and crazy and full of Anderson’s trademark camp.

There is Rupert Etherton-Symthe who is an important character in the life of our hero as well as Amelda Anchorage, Daphne Slant and Rip Redwood among others. I doubt you will ever meet another like this or that you will stop laughing after you have closed the covers of this book.

Return to top of page