Good Dirty Fun

Guardian Unlimited Books | Review | Children's fiction: May 27

Josh Lacey reviewed some recent boys' fiction in The Guardian, including McNab and Rigby'sAvenger:

It's all good dirty fun, assisted by lots of jargon, acronyms, gadgets and authentic-seeming procedures. Only one thing is really disappointing: the constant sadism of the plot and the carnage inflicted on the characters, particularly the grotesque piece of violence that ends the book...