By David Stubbs Better Call Saul: The World According to Saul Goodman [Hardcover]

by David Stubbs

Welcome lawbreakers!Injured on the job?Involved in a traffic accident?Confessed to a homicide?"Better Call Saul!"Call risk free now! (505) 503-4455This is your official guide to the world of Saul Goodman

Hardcover

First published December 4, 2014

About the author

David Stubbs is a British journalist and author, covering music, film, TV and sport. He is known for his work on the Maker’s "Talk Talk Talk" column, converting it from a two-page gossip spread into a satirical and surreal take on the rock and pop world and those characters who stalked it, both the heroes and the hapless.

Among his creations were Pepe Le Punk, a Belgian music journalist (author of Hi, I’m Mr Grunge – An Unauthorised Autobiography Of Kurt Cobain); Derek Kent, MM staff writer since 1926, wit, raconteur and pervert, and Diary Of A Manic Street Preachers Fan (who admired the group for their “intense intensitude”); The Nod Corner, the fictional journals of the Fields Of The Nephilim drummer whose scheming bandmates continually got him into hot water with lead singer Carl McCoy, who would administer him the punishment of ten press-ups. The likes of Sinead O’ Connor, Morrissey, The Mission, Andrew Eldritch, Bono and Blur were also sent up on a regular basis.

However, his most famous and beloved creation was Mr Agreeable (formerly Mr Abusing), whose weekly column was a terse exercise in unmitigated, asterisk-strafed invective scattered at all and sundry, especially the sundry, in the rock world – the various c***s, streaks of piss, f***wits, arseholes and twotmongers who raised his blood pressure often by their mere existence. Although Stubbs left Melody Maker in 1998 to work for a cross range of titles including NME, Vox and Uncut, Mr Agreeable remains an occasionally active commentator, occasionally dropping in at The Quietus to vent his ire.

- excerpted from his website: http://www.mr-agreeable.net

Librarian note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

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Reviews

[Brina · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Sie sind in eine Schlägerei geraten, haben ein anderes Auto gerammt oder sogar eine Leiche im Keller? Kein Problem, dann rufen Sie einfach Saul an!" Ich bin ein großer Fan von den TV-Serien "Breaking Bad" und "Better Call Saul", in denen der Schauspieler Bob Odenkirk den doch recht skurrilen Anwalt Saul Goodman mimt. Von daher habe ich mich sehr gefreut, dass die Figur sein eigenes Buch erhalten hat und somit musste ich es natürlich direkt lesen.

Zuerst muss gesagt werden, dass das Buch wohl nur für Leser ist, die Fans der Serienfigur oder von "Breaking Bad" sind, ansonsten dürfte es schwer sein, sich für "Better Call Saul: Ein Fall für Saul Godman" zu begeistern. Auf knapp 130 Seiten werden hier spezielle Fälle und Momente von Saul Goodman zusammengefasst, die er während seiner gemeinsamen Zeit mit Walter White und Jesse Pinkman erlebt hat und vor allem, wie er den beiden zum ersten Mal begegnet ist.

Gleichzeitig wird hierbei auf sein Kleidungsstil und seine Leidenschaft für Schönheitssalons eingegangen, die er regelmäßig besucht. Auffällig ist hierbei auch, dass auch der Autor David Stubbs ein großer Fan von "Breaking Bad", bzw. Saul Goodman zu sein scheint, denn bei diesem Werk wird nicht nur auf Goodmans Handeln oder seine Worte eingegangen, sondern die Figur fast schon analysiert. Gleichzeitig wird auch immer wieder auf seine Weggefährten wie z.B. Mike Ehrmantraut oder eben auch Walter White und Jesse Pinkman eingegangen, die aus der Serie "Breaking Bad" nicht wegzudenken sind. Wer "Better Call Saul" noch nicht gesehen hat, der sollte wissen, dass Mike Ehrmantraut dort ebenfalls dabei ist.

Zusätzlich ist das Buch mit jeder Menge Fotos aus der Serie gespickt, dazu gibt es zahlreiche Zitate, Werbebanner aus seinen Werbespots und vor allem auch einen "wunderschönen" Blick auf die Stadt Albuquerque mitsamt der wichtigsten Schauplätze, in denen sich alles abspielt und die sehr nahe an der mexikanischen Grenze liegt.

Kurz gesagt: Wer Fan der TV-Serien "Breaking Bad" und "Better Call Saul" ist, sollte sich "Better Call Saul: Ein Fall für Saul Goodman" nicht entgehen lassen, denn hier bekommt man alles, was das Fan-Herz braucht: Tolle Rückblicke, interessante Informationen und jede Menge Fotos. Ich kann es nur empfehlen.

[Butterfly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun bathroom book, but only for nostalgic BrBa fans.

[Lucas Swanger · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm not sure what the purpose of this book was, aside from more of that Breaking Bad merch money. If you've seen the show, you've read this book already.

[Kate Woods Walker · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well worth the buck at Dollar Tree, if only for the loud and Saulish design.

[Michelle · Rating 2 out of 5]

I guess maybe if I had seen "Breaking Bad" first and knew the background, that this would make more sense and would have been more entertaining

[Matthew Pratt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fine

I was expecting it to be a bit more current, but felt more like a nostalgic coffee table book, good for someone new to Saul.

[Patty · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun, silly, painfully colorful little book. Must-read for Breaking Bad fans.

[Merike · Rating 5 out of 5]

I watched the movie, I love saul

[Gab of Green Gables · Rating 3 out of 5]

As a fan of the Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul series, this book entertained me and it's as if I'm reading Saul's printed advertisements! Hahaha

[Grace · Rating 2 out of 5]

A fun souvenir for fans of "Breaking Bad." The book design is excellent at capturing the character that is Saul Goodman. (I especially loved the advertisements sprinkled throughout.) However, this "guide" doesn't seem to know its audience. Chock full of spoilers for the show, it nonetheless goes on to explain in detail things people who have been watching all along would already know. Then again, I'm probably putting way too much thought into what's simply meant to be a funny, "wink-wink" coffee table addition for avid fans.

[Oday Saed · Rating 5 out of 5]

For Breaking Bad fans, this was like the unopened gift you’d forgotten you had, the announcement of it creating a rush of euphoria. But then came the doubts… Saul was a relatively minor character, more comic relief than dramatically rich. What were the chances of him becoming the Frasier Crane of his generation?

[Bill · Rating 2 out of 5]

A slightly amusing look at the character of lawyer Saul Goodman, as seen in the TV series Breaking Bad & Better Call Saul. Not a very interesting read, but there are some nice character quotes from the series.

[Sarah Jackson · Rating 4 out of 5]

One for the fans of "Better Call Saul" and "Breaking Bad". This pocket-sized, hard-cover book features great photos, advertisements and factoids about Saul and his legal firm. Entertaining and light hearted.