We're reading this for my book group this month. It's quite a change of pace from our usual, which has been fun. (Last few books included The Help
, Rooftops of Tehran: A Novel
and The Story of Edgar Sawtelle.)Quick review: The style reminds me of Tom Robbins, but without the intellectual bit. I mean, Robbins had a talking tin can and a spoon, Moore has a talking fruit bat (and coconut for a brief moment). The wackiness is there, the convoluted funny story line, the cleverness in words, but without something that made it worthwhile reading to me. It's like the equivalent of a romance novel for guys or something. If you just want a total escape novel that's well written and entertaining and provides a few laughs, this is great. Just don't look for any depth.
Plot review: Tucker Case crashes the pink corporate jet of his employer, Mary Jean Cosmetics, after getting drunk and picking up a woman from a bar. His "friend" finds a job for him, flying a private jet at for a missionary on a tiny island in Micronesia. The pay is enough to let you know that something fishy is going on, plus the fact that they don't mind he lost his license to fly. Enter the Shark People, the native people of the island, a woman pretending to be a high priestess of the cargo cult that grew there after WW2, a lone cannibal ostracized from his tribe because of his appetite, and mysterious flights to Japan with a small cooler and an exchange of large amounts of money.
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