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Bezig met laden... Razzmatazz: A Novel (editie 2022)door Christopher Moore (Auteur)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. More plot twists wrapped in fun dialogue and narration. ( ) This reviews the audiobook. Thank you. I needed the laughs. And I actually did laugh out loud listening to this, which I haven't done in a long time. The voice characterization was pretty good. I'm not sure why people need a euphemism (razzmatazz) when they seem perfectly happy to use the "F" word all the time. And they all use the same euphemism. In post-WWII San Francisco, Sammy's main squeeze, the Cheese, is putting her welding talents to work on a secret project. Moo Shoes' Uncle Ho is in big trouble with the Tong and has a huge backstory. And dykes are being murdered and a Drag King club owner wants Sammy to solve it before she's done in. A new vice officer is harassing cross-dressers and prostitutes. But the real star is the the language, the shear Damon Runyonesqueness of it all. Throw in talking dragon statuary and an alien and one wonders if this over-the-top stuff is strictly necessary. If only Moore could get angry like Terry Pratchett and school us. He comes so close to it in this novel. Perhaps I should go back and listen to Noir or Sacre-Bleu again. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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"San Francisco, 1947. Bartender Sammy 'Two Toes' Tiffin and the rest of the Cookie's Coffee Irregulars, a ragtag bunch of working mugs last seen in Noir, are on the hustle: they're trying to open a driving school for Chinatown residents; 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."-- Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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