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Christopher Moore
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Island of the Sequined Love Nun |
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English |
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Paperback |
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416 |
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2006-09-07 |
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184149450X |
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Orbit |
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0.62 pounds |
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4.96 x 0.0 x 7.8 inches |
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New edition |
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3 Rachel A Hyde (United Kingdom), Stephanie Bryant (USA: NV), Brian Lockett (United Kingdom) |
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3 Stephanie Bryant (USA: NV), Barb (USA: ME), Sophie Houston (United Kingdom) |
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Marianne (Australia) (2013/02/01):
Island of the Sequined Love Nun is the second stand-alone novel by American author Christopher Moore. When pilot Tucker Case, flying jets for the (very conservative) cosmetic baroness, Mary Jean Dobbins, disgraces himself with a prostitute on one of her pink jets, he finds himself unemployed, infamous and facing possible prosecution. His best friend Jake Skye manages to scuttle him out of the country to accept a job flying for a missionary doctor in Micronesia, but it isn’t until he gets to the island of Alualu, via several flights and a journey in a small boat through a typhoon, that he realises he could have been a bit more sceptical of his employment conditions. A Lear 45 to fly, extremely generous pay and conditions: is this Dr Sebastian Curtis for real? When Tuck finds himself a virtual prisoner in a compound with Japanese guards, forbidden from drinking any alcohol, prohibited contact with the island natives, making short hops to Japan and back delivering mysterious cargo, he begins to wonder what is really going on. Finding out isn’t easy, though: Dr Curtis and his charismatic wife, Beth, are charming but tight-lipped. This story has a bit of everything: a cargo cult, a typhoon, a ghost, land mines, a cannibal, golf, some neat tricks with jets, a cross-dressing navigator, shark-riding and a talking fruit-bat named Roberto. Tucker imbibes gin, beer and kava; the natives have plenty of kava and betel nut. There is an abundance of humour as well as intrigue, suspense, a daring rescue and a gripping climax. Having read the third novel of the Pine Cove series, The Stupidest Angel, I was interested to know Tucker Case’s backstory, and I was not disappointed. Moore’s plot is very original and his characters develop well: Tucker starts off as a shallow, alcoholic, sex-obsessed male but ends up a hero. This was a fun read.
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