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In an effort to outrun a previous employer's lawsuit against him, pilot Tucker Case takes a job with a mysterious Pacific island doctor that brings him up against such challenges as a typhoon, a shark, and a talking bat.
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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.
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.
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- PublisherHarperCollins
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0380816547
- ISBN 13 9780380816545
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages336
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