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''The Gun Seller'' ( 1996 ) is Hugh Laurie 's first, and to date only, novel. It concerns former Scots Guards officer Thomas Lang and his reluctant involvement in a conspiracy involving international arms dealers, Terrorists , the CIA , the MOD , beautiful women and fast motorcycles. Wary of becoming another "celebrity author", Laurie initially submitted his manuscript pseudonymously, only revealing his identity after it had been accepted for publication.


INFLUENCES


There were two main influences on Laurie when he wrote the Gun Seller:


  • P. G. Wodehouse , specifically the Jeeves stories. The two main characters in ''The Gun Seller'' - Thomas Lang and his former colleague Solomon - are clearly an updated Bertie Wooster and Jeeves. This similarity extends as far as the narrative being told in the first person by Lang in a chatty, jokey and flippant style which will be familiar to all readers of the Jeeves stories.