Take a wonderfully crazed excursion into the demented heart of a tropical paradise - a world of cargo cults, cannibals, mad scientists, ninjas, and talking fruit bats. Our bumbling hero is Tucker Case, a hopeless geek trapped in a cool guy's body, who makes a living as a pilot for the Mary Jean Cosmetics Corporation. But when he demolishes his boss's pink plane during a drunken airborne liaison, Tuck must run for his life from Mary Jean's goons. Now there's only one employment opportunity left for him: piloting shady secret missions for an unscrupulous medical missionary and a sexy blond high priestess on the remotest of Micronesian hells. Here is a brazen, ingenious, irreverent, and wickedly funny novel from a modern master of the outrageous.
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Praise for Christopher Moore: 'Wickedly funny' Waterstone's Books Quarterly, 'Christopher Moore is a very sick man, in the very best sense of the word' Carl Hiaasen, 'Humour that seamlessly blends lunacy with larceny ... habit forming zaniness' USA Today, 'Moore is endlessly inventive ... This cetacean picaresque is no fluke - it is a sure winner' Publishers Weekly
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If want to get the flavor of a place, you have to go there.
I spent a month in Micronesia researching this book, and mostof the time I was chagrined, shocked and just plain uncomfortable. It's one thing to watch guys on National Geographic living with the natives, it's quite another to do it yourself. Living simply, on a tropical Island, with no running water, bathroom facilities, electricity, or, for that matter, chairs, might seem like a dream to a lot of people. My advice is to keep it in the dream realm -- don't try it. The first time you awake from your comfortable bed on the dirt to find hermit crabs crawling all over you, the dream tarnishes a bit. Still, the people there were very kind, and very funny, and I think the book reflects that.. The main character, Tucker Case, is a just a geek in a cool guy's body. He's attractive to women, but he doesn't quite get why. I thought, what better guy to put on a tropical island with a mad doctor, a crazed sex goddess, a Filipeno transvestite navigator and a talking fruit bat. Seemd perfectly logical to me. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
I spent a month in Micronesia researching this book, and mostof the time I was chagrined, shocked and just plain uncomfortable. It's one thing to watch guys on National Geographic living with the natives, it's quite another to do it yourself. Living simply, on a tropical Island, with no running water, bathroom facilities, electricity, or, for that matter, chairs, might seem like a dream to a lot of people. My advice is to keep it in the dream realm -- don't try it. The first time you awake from your comfortable bed on the dirt to find hermit crabs crawling all over you, the dream tarnishes a bit. Still, the people there were very kind, and very funny, and I think the book reflects that.. The main character, Tucker Case, is a just a geek in a cool guy's body. He's attractive to women, but he doesn't quite get why. I thought, what better guy to put on a tropical island with a mad doctor, a crazed sex goddess, a Filipeno transvestite navigator and a talking fruit bat. Seemd perfectly logical to me. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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I'd never heard of Christopher Moore before and bought 'Love Nun' on a whim. I laughed out loud which can be embarrasing on a London tube. It can be difficult for the English to relate to American authors but this is so far off the wall it may as well have been written by a martian! A great escape!
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In a world full of books which make us smile, here's a twisted tale that had me chuckling, suppressing giggles and admiring a level of wit and wackiness rarely seen. Christopher Moore has a talent for taking a normal guy, albeit one with low moral values, and bending bad luck around them. Love Nun, although bordering on farce at times, is so slick you are tugged along with the story, the lunacy is so integral to the tale it could be misplaced for normalcy. It centres around a cargo cult and a mysterious missionary doctor who needs a pilot for his brand new Lear jet. Curious how a missionary doctor has a Lear jet... Even more curious is why he wants our central character, since he's banned from flying for having relations with a hooker, whilst flying, and then whilst crashing. So, if you want a mystery book, that is cleverly plotted, filled with sharp humour, which is bold and shows no fear, then grab Love Nun now. A masterpiece.
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Christopher Moore has emerged as one of the most original writers of the decade....easily! In "Love Nun" he has managed to combine suspense, intrigue and side-splitting humor in an action-packed story that keeps you doubled over with laughter. Unlikely combination? I'll say, but to read it is to believe it. Moore is a writer whose sharp wit pierces the armor of reason, respectability, and righteousness with constant mirth and weird, good spirits. I can't recommend the book highly enough. I've already given away a half-dozen "must read" copies to friends. If you haven't read any of Moore's books, fill your shopping cart right now with "Practical Demonkeeping," Coyote Blue," Bloodsucking Fiends," and "Island of the Sequined Love Nun." You are in for a treat. Call in sick and read, read, read, and shout with laughter. No, I'm not Moore's father, brother, or even brother-in-law. Never met the guy and might even be afraid to go near somebody so goofy, but I can't put his books do
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excellent a change from scandi books
funny stylish fantastical.
An excellent imaginative fantastical book. Made a pleasent change from the various scandi crime books i have beeen reading
An excellent imaginative fantastical book. Made a pleasent change from the various scandi crime books i have beeen reading
Published 2 months ago by Matt
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a fun read
Island of the Sequined Love Nun is the second stand-alone novel by American author Christopher Moore. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Cloggie Downunder
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Jury still out
I have read about practical dragons, lust lizards and blue coyotes - I'm almost halfway through this book and haven't come across a love nun.... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Andy
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Very good
My first Moore book and I really enjoyed it. Great balance of character, intrigue and humour. I look forward to the next one!
Published 17 months ago by T. Davies
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Another faultless funfest
I love, love, love all of this guy's books. Read them, you won't be disappointed! Love nun is particularly good. Look out for Roberto the sunglasses wearing talking fruitbat. Read more
Published on 8 May 2011 by M. Royle
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Great story - great performance by Wyman
This was my first Christopher Moore novel or audio-book but it certainly will not be the last (I just ordered three more!). I particularly enjoyed Oliver Wyman's performance. Read more
Published on 11 Nov 2010 by Paul D. Lachance
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subversive, wacky south pacific adventures
This is the second Christopher Moore book I have read after Coyote Blue and there are some similarities. Read more
Published on 29 Dec 2009 by Andrew Dalby
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Tropical island breeze.
This is the first book that I've ever read by Christopher Moore and I must say that I was impressed. Read more
Published on 9 July 2001
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not his best
Like Moore's other books, this one sports a mindless loser as hero, and places him in a situation where he reacts rather than acts, until the final chapter. Read more
Published on 17 Aug 1999
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A wonderful nonsensical mishmash of Pacific cultures.
I was given a copy of the book because I live in Yap, where the action supposedly took place. By the time he got to Truk, I was laughing out loud (especially the cockroach on the... Read more
Published on 9 Aug 1999
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