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Island of the Sequined Love Nun

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Another good book by Christopher Moore. Like with Coyote Blue, I didn’t laugh as much with Island of the Sequined Love Nun as I did with later books, but his writing style is definately coming together as more of the absurd creeps into this book than the last.

Short form: Tucker Case is a pilot who loses his license in a spectacular manner and leave the country to flee suspected prosecution. He gets a job as a pilot for a Methodist Missionary who is working on a tiny island in Micronesia populated by the Shark People, who got their name for their perferred food source. The Shark People are also a cargo cult, worshipping the people who pass by in planes and boats, occasionally stopping to give them gifts or trade. But things aren’t all that they seem…

Seriously, it was a good book. Put a smile on my face quite often, and its pink cover along with the title earned this skinhead-looking mofo a strange look or two on the bus every morning. Next: The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove.

Coyote Blue

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Christopher Moore is an excellent writer. I really loved Lamb and The Stupidest Angel, as well as Bloodsucking Fiends, so I’ve decided to read all his books, ending hopefully with the new one that just came out. I wanted to start with the first book, but Jodi gave it away, so instead I started with number 2, Coyote Blue.

The first thing I have to say is, the book is good, its funny, but not near as funny as his more recent books. Mr. Moore has really honed his craft. This one is about Indians, not the ones from India but the Native Americans. In this case we are dealing with one who has run off and become a white man while trying to hide from his past, at least until his past, in the form of his spirit guide, Old Man Coyote, a trickster god of the Crow people, shows up to screw up his life.

Like I said, its funny, but not so much with the laughing out loud as I was with Lamb and Angel. Still an excellent read. Now on to Island of the Sequined Love Nun…