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He edited '' Science Fantasy '' magazine for a period from 1964 to 1966 , appointed by David Warburton of Roberts and Vinter Ltd.; and the successor ''Impulse'' for its first few issues in 1966 before handing the reins to Harry Harrison . He wrote several books featuring Charlie Mortdecai, three of those were published in his lifetime, and one posthumously. 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 books are still being published and have been translated into several different languages including Spanish, French, Italian, German and Japanese. All his books are highly entertaining, picaresque but politically incorrect. Bonfiglioli's style and novel structure have often been favorably compared to that of P. G. Wodehouse . Also, Mortdecai and Jock bear a fun-house mirror relation to Wodehouse's Wooster and Jeeves. The author makes a nod to this comparison by having Mortdecai reference Wodehouse in the second novel, ''After You With The Pistol''. His second wife, Margaret Bonfiglioli has written and compiled an anthology of works and anecdotes, called the Mortdecai ABC. (ISBN 0670910848 UK: Penguin / Viking, 2001) The three original books:
An historical prequel about one of Charie's Dutch ancestors.
The posthumously completed sequel:
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