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Title: Island of the Sequined Love Nun by Christopher Moore ISBN: 0-380-81654-7 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 July, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 (83 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Hilarious and surprisingly touching
Comment: Christopher Moore is simply one of the most inventive and funny writers around. He doesn't take his books "seriously" a la the very funny Kurt Vonnegut. They are feel good novels, and they are WACKY!!! ISLAND OF THE SEQUINED LOVE NUN is one of his better ones, because the main characters are particularly loveably painted for us. Tucker Case, our main character, is a ne'er do well pilot for a Mary Kay kinda corporation, who ruins his career when he takes a girl on the company jet and causes a serious accident. He gets a chance to elude prosecution when he's hired by a mysterious missionary organization to fly their jet from an obscure Micronesian Island to Japan for "medical supplies" for the natives.
I'd really rather not try to summarize more of the plot, because virtually every chapter introduced a new twist or engaging character, and there are A LOT of chapters. The book flies by as Case and his supporting cast go from one dilemna to another.
And as often happens in Moore's books, there are relationships of either love or friendship that develop unexpectedly during the story, and suddenly, we find ourselves not only laughing outloud at the silly antics and outrageous plot turns, but we are caring about the main characters. This is rare in writing that is so flip and over-the-top.
Moore's books are fast-moving and you're sorry when they are over. LOVE NUN is particularly winning, and if you haven't tried Moore before, this is a good place to dive in. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED (not for kids...lots of language and some naughty goings-on.)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Wonderful Departure from my norm....
Comment: Well, let's see... Talking fruit bat Roberto; a transvestite navigator; a hooker on a quest to join the mile high club. These are but a few of the zany and outrageous characters that are part of the wildest, most outrageous novel I've read in a long time. There are evil conspiracies, suspense, adventure, and Moore invokes a moral point of view where the bad guys come up against a really loose cannon, Tucker Case, pilot of a PINK jet; well, I hesitate to mention more, as I feel the surprise plots are what make this book the bizarre and outlandish jewel of a satirical, rollicking romp through a remote region of the South Pacific. I just loved that fruit bat, Roberto!
Congratulations/Compliments to the cover artist, Michael McGurl. You're the first reason I was drawn to my first Christopher Moore keeper!
Rating: 5
Summary: This Book is Just too Funny to put down
Comment: Tucker Case was a pilot for the Mary Jean Cosmetics Corporation until he crashed the company jet during a drunken flight with a hooker. Now he's found a job flying shady secret missions for a medical missionary from a remote Micronesian island. But something is wrong on this island paradise full of barbed wire, ninjas and minefields where the doctor's wife has set herself up as a messenger from God who needs body parts as a sacrifice.
All of a sudden Tucker the loser must foil international organ smugglers, save his girl and maybe find himself along the way in a tale full of lunacy and larceny that will leave you laughing for days.
Reviewed by Devon Adams, the Cool Kid
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Title: The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove by Christopher Moore ISBN: 0380792745 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Practical Demonkeeping by Christopher Moore ISBN: 0380816555 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 30 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story by Christopher Moore ISBN: 0380728133 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 October, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Coyote Blue by Christopher Moore ISBN: 0380725231 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 July, 1995 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Lamb : The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore ISBN: 0380813815 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 04 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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