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The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780060735456
ISBN: 0060735457
Label: Harper Paperbacks
Manufacturer: Harper Paperbacks
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: 2004-06-01
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Release Date: 2004-05-25
Studio: Harper Paperbacks

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Editorial Reviews:
The town psychiatrist has decided to switch everybody in Pine Cove, California, from their normal antidepressants to placebos, so naturally—well, to be accurate, artificially—business is booming at the local blues bar. Trouble is, those lonely slide-guitar notes have also attracted a colossal sea beast named Steve with, shall we say, a thing for explosive oil tanker trucks. Suddenly, morose Pine Cove turns libidinous and is hit by a mysterious crime wave, and a beleaguered constable has to fight off his own gonzo appetites to find out what's wrong and what, if anything, to do about it.

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Customer Rating: Summary: Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove Comment: I first read this book when it was first published. I bought this copy for my 17 year old because I feel it is an important strand of our cultural heritage. Chris Moore writes wonderful parodies in the ilk of Tom Robbins and Kurt vonnegut. I was right, my stuck in AP English classes son loved this novel. It has been making the rounds since he finished it. I was a lit major and was shocked to learn that his teachers had never heard of Chris Moore. Customer Rating: Summary: ... dies laughing. Comment: If you've read Chris Moore, you know you'll be laughing from the first page on. If you haven't read his books before, get ready. He's got to be the funniest fiction writer to come along in at least 30 years! Customer Rating: Summary: Randomness supreme Comment: This is one of Christopher Moore's best works. It is very funny, random, and thoroughly enjoyable. Must be slightly eccentric to find it amusing. Not a "traditional" humor novel. Customer Rating: Summary: kind of cute, but highly contrived and comparatively weak Comment: Christopher Moore has culled a reputation as a macabre Tim Robinson: his books are amusing love stories with quirky characters, a surreal feel, and dark sense of humor. Such is the case with LLOMC, and if you're already a fan of Moore you will know what to expect (and probably like this) but if you're a novice to his works, either skip this as a starting point or at least read one of his better works first. This book has some potential, and certainly a couple of chuckles, but over-all it exemplifies one of the problems I have with Moore that prevents me from giving any of his works 5 stars: he relies on highly contrived events that work best if you turn your brain off and ignore the "convenience"/deux ex machina. In this case, much of the book hinges on our accepting that a female character would start a "relationship" with what is essentially Godzilla -- rather than the latter more "realistically" just eating her from the get-go (as the critter does with everyone else it encounters.) That had me grumbling, as it just struck me as lazy writing. Moore has done better (Lamb, Dirty Job) but he's also done worse (You Suck!) and by the end this just struck me as a so-so effort from him. On the bright side, it is quick reading and comparatively light, so if you don't mind a "trust the author/go with the flow" story, it's worth reading once if you have a long plane flight or need to work on your tan at the beach. Customer Rating: Summary: fun silly summer read Comment: This was a fun, silly summer read. Some good lines and imagery. Not quite as fun as some of his other books.

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