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ISBN: 9780062434142

Content: " New York Times BestsellerSmart and funny and all sorts of raunchy in the best way. 8212 San Francisco ChronicleRepeat New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore returns to the mean streets of San Francisco in this outrageous follow-up to his madcap novel Noir. San Francisco, 1947. Bartender Sammy Two Toes Tiffin and the rest of the Cookie's Coffee Irregulars8212 a ragtag bunch of working mugs last seen in Noir8212 are on the hustle: they're trying to open a driving school,shanghai an abusive Swedish stevedore,get Mable, the local madam, and her girls to a Christmas party at the State Hospital without alerting the overzealous head of the S.F.P.D. vice squad,all while Sammy's girlfriend, Stilton (a.k.a. the Cheese), and her Wendy the Welder gal pals are using their wartime shipbuilding skills on a secret project that might be attracting the attention of some government Men in Black. And, oh yeah, someone is murdering the city's drag kings and club owner Jimmy Vasco is sure she's next on the list and wants Sammy to find the killer. Meanwhile, Eddie Moo Shoes Shu has been summoned by his Uncle Ho to help save his opium den from Squid Kid Tang, a vicious gangster who is determined to retrieve a priceless relic: an ancient statue of the powerful Rain Dragon that Ho stole from one of the fighting tongs forty years earlier. And if Eddie blows it, he just might call down the wrath of that powerful magical creature on all of Fog City. Strap yourselves in for a bit of the old razzmatazz, ladies and gentlemen. It's Christopher Moore time. "

Content: Biographisches: " Christopher Moore is the author of seventeen previous novels, including Shakespeare for Squirrels , Noir , Secondhand Souls, Sacr233" Rezension(2): "Booklist160" Rezension(3): "Library Journal160" Rezension(4): "Huffington Post:Buckle in for Shakespeare for Squirrels, an uproarious take on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream8212" Rezension(5): "Washington Post:Christopher Moore gives us dizzy dames and shadowy gangsters in Noir. Sammy, Moore's comic revision of Sam Spade, will take you on a silly-thrilly ride through late-1940s San Francisco, and you'll be laughing all the way." Rezension(6): "Booklist160" Rezension(7): "〈a href=http://www.publishersweekly.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/pw_logo.png alt=Publisher's Weekly border=0 /〉〈/a〉: March 7, 2022 In this humorous romp, bestseller Moore returns to the 1947 San Francisco setting of Noir , where bartender and amateur problem-solver Sammy Tiffin is faced with several requests for assistance. Jimmy Vasco, proprietress of a lesbian bar, asks Sammy to find the killer targeting her community,Eddie Shu wants Sammy to recover a dragon statue for his Uncle Ho,and Mabel, “the preeminent nookie bookie in Fog City,” needs help smuggling her girls out of town to a Christmas party. Meanwhile, Sammy’s squeeze, Tilly Stilton, uses her considerable welding skills on a mystery project at the telepathic behest of Scooter, the “moonman” from the previous volume. And in flashbacks to 1906, a younger Ho contends with a very real and terrifying dragon. Moore, entirely in his element and with tongue firmly in cheek, has his characters speak in gumshoe-esque vernacular, while warning in an author’s note that “the language and attitudes portrayed herein regarding race, culture, and gender are contemporary to that time and, sadly, all too real.” Indeed, punctuating all the spoofy amateur sleuthing are more serious depictions of the maltreatment of the Chinese and LGBTQ communities, adding some necessary gravitas. Moore’s fans and those who like their noir with a side of slapstick and the supernatural will enjoy. Agent: Lisa Gallagher, DeFiore and Company. " Rezension(8): "〈a href=https://www.booklistonline.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/booklist_logo.png alt=Booklist border=0 /〉〈/a〉: March 1, 2022 San Francisco in the late 1940s. A killer is on the loose, and nightclub owner Jimmy Vasco worries she's going to be the next victim, prompting her to ask bartender Sammy Tiffin (last seen in the hilarious Noir, 2018), to track down the killer. Meanwhile, Sammy agrees to help a friend find a priceless Chinese relic. Also meanwhile, Sammy's girlfriend, Stilton, otherwise known (but never to her face) as the Cheese, has been carrying out some sort of top-secret construction project that might have sparked the interest of certain government agents. Moore, the author of many genre-blending comic romps--Shakespeare for Squirrels (2020) and Bite Me (2010) among them--seems able to draw on an inexhaustible supply of eccentric stories and characters, along with a mountainous stockpile of clever phrases, hilarious wordplays, and laugh-out-loud jokes. There is literally a laugh on every page of this book (several, on some pages), and, with its fast-paced, deliberately helter-skelter storyline, it sinks its hooks deeply and never lets go. Familiarity with Noir is certainly not required, but it does add another layer of fun. COPYRIGHT(2022) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. "

Language: English

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