Razzmatazz

A Novel

Razzmatazz
Christopher Moore
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NZ$ 59.99
Hardback
h229 x 152mm - 400pg
23 Jun 2022 US
International import eta 7-19 days
9780062434128
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Repeat 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 Irregulars-a ragtag bunch of working mugs last seen in Noir-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.
"There is literally a laugh on every page of this book (several, on some pages), and with its fast-paces, deliberately helter-skelter storyline, it sinks its hooks deeply and never lets go. " -- Booklist "It takes a certain amount of guts and wild abandon to recast a Shakespeare comedy as a hard-boiled detective story, but if anyone can pull it off, it' s master satirist Moore, whose gift for funny business apparently knows no bounds. . . . A welcome return of a fan-favorite character in a romp of a tale that will delight not only mystery buffs but also fantasy fanatics, and, of course, Bard lovers. " -- Booklist (starred review) on Shakespeare for Squirrels "Moore' s trademark humor is on full display with his cast of strangely lovable characters. This is Shakespeare with an edge and will not only appeal to Moore' s fans but garner new ones. " -- Library Journal (starred review) on Shakespeare for Squirrels "Buckle in for Shakespeare for Squirrels, an uproarious take on Shakespeare' s A Midsummer Night' s Dream-transformed into a murder mystery. . . A funny, fast-paced, and wild read. " -- Huffington 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. " -- Washington Post "[A] pedal-to-the-metal, exquisitely written comic romp through a neon-lit San Francisco that may never have actually existed, but that, in Moore' s supremely talented hands, sure feels like it could have. " -- Booklist (starred review) on Noir
Christopher Moore is the author of fifteen previous novels, including Secondhand Souls, Sacre Bleu, A Dirty Job, and Lamb. He lives in San Francisco, California.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780062434128
Published: 23 Jun 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: William Morrow
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format: Hardback
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine: 32mm
Weight: 535g
Pages: 400

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