"That cheered me up. I started to think that if I couldn't work things so that one day she and I would be together in a room with no dying men in it at all, then my name isn't James Finchman.
Which, of course, it isn't." (18, Laurie)
The Gun Seller is an obvious parody of spy novels, which begins with a quirky narration of the main character's arm getting broken, which results in him killing his assailant. Hugh Laurie bounces inbetween a serious spy to a comedic one whose thoughts seem just like a normal person's rather than those of a character out of James Bond. I like how this passage shows the balance between the two voices. "then my name isn't James Finchman. Which, of course, it isn't.". This powerful passage here really showed the sharp turn that Laurie made between the voices, so sharp that it came as a shock to the reader.
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