Editing Kyril Bonfiglioli (section)

==Charlie Mortdecai novels==
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Bonfiglioli wrote four books featuring Charlie Mortdecai, three of which were published in his lifetime, and one posthumously as completed by the satirist and parodist [[Craig Brown (satirist)|Craig Brown]]. Charlie Mortdecai is the fictional art dealer [[anti-hero]] of the series. His character resembles, among other things, an amoral [[Bertie Wooster]] with occasional [[psychopath]]ic tendencies. His [[Mortdecai]] comic-thriller trilogy received critical plaudits back in the 1970s and early 1980s. The dry satire and black humour of the books were favourably reviewed by ''[[The New Yorker]]'' and others. The books are still in print and have been translated into several languages. The books "attract a devoted cult following and are consistently praised by a wide variety of publications",<ref name="meslow">{{cite news |last1=Meslow |first1=Scott |title=Anatomy of a flop: How a horribly misguided movie like Mortdecai made it into theaters |url=https://theweek.com/articles/535868/anatomy-flop-how-horribly-misguided-movie-like-mortdecai-made-into-theaters |access-date=30 May 2024 |work=The Week |date=27 January 2015 |language=en}}</ref> although a writer in  ''[[The Paris Review]]'' said that "readers are pretty much evenly divided between those who relish the books' unflinching, un-PC meanness, and those who are appalled".<ref name="stein">{{cite news |last1=Stein |first1=Sadie |title=Something Nasty |url=https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2015/01/20/something-nasty/ |access-date=30 May 2024 |work=The Paris Review |date=20 January 2015 |language=en}}</ref>

''Don't Point That Thing At Me'' was awarded the 1973 [[CWA New Blood Dagger]] for the best crime novel by a hitherto unpublished writer.

Actors [[Stephen Fry]] and [[Hugh Laurie]] are among those who are fans of his work.<ref name="Times"/> Hugh Laurie praised "the excellent Kyril Bonfigliolo" [sic] in the afternotes of his book ''[[The Gun Seller]]''.<ref>Hugh Laurie, [https://books.google.com/books?id=8DJq3GXqGP8C&pg=PA348 ''The Gunseller''], Washington Square Press, 1996, p. 345.</ref>

The three original books, published out of chronological order:
* ''Don't Point That Thing At Me'' ([[Weidenfeld and Nicolson]], 1972), Book One
::Reissued (Penguin, 2015 {{ISBN|978-0-241-97267-0}}) as film tie-in under title ''Mortdecai''
* ''After You With The Pistol'' ([[Secker and Warburg]], 1979), Book Two
* ''Something Nasty In The Woodshed'' (Macmillan, 1976), Book Three

Anthologised in:
* ''[[Mortdecai|The Mortdecai Trilogy]]'' (Black Spring Press, 1991)

An historical prequel about one of Charlie's Dutch ancestors: 
* ''All the Tea in China'' (Secker and Warburg, 1978)

The posthumously completed sequel:
* ''The Great Mortdecai Moustache Mystery'' completed by [[Craig Brown (satirist)|Craig Brown]] ([[Black Spring Press]], 1999)

Bonfiglioli's second wife Margaret wrote and compiled a posthumous anthology of works and anecdotes, called ''The Mortdecai ABC'' (London: Penguin / Viking, 2001), {{ISBN|0-670-91084-8}}.

===2015 film===
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''[[Mortdecai (film)|Mortdecai]]'', a film based on the books directed by [[David Koepp]] and starring [[Johnny Depp]] in the title role, was released in January 2015. The film was a [[box office bomb]], and received overwhelmingly negative reviews.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/25/mortdecai-box-office-flop_n_6542100.html |title='Mortdecai' Is One Of Johnny Depp's Worst Flops Ever |publisher=Huffingtonpost.com |date=2015-01-25 |accessdate=2015-06-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Stephanie Garcia |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/mortdecai-becomes-johnny-depps-fifth-consecutive-box-office-bomb-10003543.html |title=Mortdecai becomes Johnny Depp's fifth consecutive movie to flop at the box office - News - Films |work=[[The Independent]] |date=2015-01-26 |accessdate=2015-06-12 |location=London}}</ref> The [[Rotten Tomatoes]] aggregated rating for the movie stands at just 12%.<ref>[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mortdecai/ Rotten Tomatoes: Mortdecai]</ref>