INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
The absurdly outrageous, sarcastically satiric, and always entertaining
New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore returns in finest
madcap form with this zany noir set on the mean streets of post-World
War II San Francisco, and featuring a diverse cast of characters,
including a hapless bartender; his Chinese sidekick; a doll with sharp
angles and dangerous curves; a tight-lipped Air Force general; a
wisecracking waif; Petey, a black mamba; and many more.
San Francisco. Summer, 1947. A dame walks into a saloon . . .
It's not every afternoon that an enigmatic, comely blonde named Stilton
(like the cheese) walks into the scruffy gin joint where Sammy "Two
Toes" Tiffin tends bar. It's love at first sight, but before Sammy can
make his move, an Air Force general named Remy arrives with some urgent
business. 'Cause when you need something done, Sammy is the guy to go
to; he's got the connections on the street.
Meanwhile, a suspicious flying object has been spotted up the Pacific
coast in Washington State near Mount Rainer, followed by a mysterious
plane crash in a distant patch of desert in New Mexico that goes by the
name Roswell. But the real weirdness is happening on the streets of the
City by the Bay.
When one of Sammy's schemes goes south and the Cheese mysteriously
vanishes, Sammy is forced to contend with his own dark secrets--and more
than a few strange goings on--if he wants to find his girl.
Think Raymond Chandler meets Damon Runyon with more than a dash of Bugs
Bunny and the Looney Tunes All Stars. It's all very, very Noir. It's
all very, very Christopher Moore.
