Noir by Christopher Moore ... again (Tuesday Intros & Teaser Tuesday)

Title: Noir

Author: Christopher Moore

Publication: 2018

Format: Kindle eBook and hardcover

Amazon Description: 

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. discoveries are those of the heart.

Ramble-y Teaserish Stuff

It's been another crazy handful of days. Very little reading. Lots of sleep, though ... not good sleep, but still enough to keep me from having the book finished like I figured that I would. I'm almost there, though, so today will be the day ... and a second teaser post even though I used it for the most recent Book Beginnings & Friday 56 (which, thanks to computer glitchiness, has now somehow disappeared). Thank goodness for Prologues (which I used for the Book Beginning) so I can use the first bit from Chapter One for today ... as well as a blip from page 170 of the hardcover. Well, it starts on 170 and then continues to 171 but whatever. Potato po-tah-toe, right?

I am very much okay with the fact that I've been taking my dear sweet time with this one. As much as I adore Fool, I'm fairly certain that Sammy might be my new favorite Christopher Moore character and I am freaking ecstatic that there's going to be at least one follow-up book so, hence, my new favorite Christopher Moore series. I do find myself waiting for a sunglass-wearing fruitbat, though ... or to get some hint as to who is going to end up the Emperor of San Francisco (my money is on the kid). I know this likely means nothing to you unless you've read others from Moore ... so just go do so. Start at the beginning of the beginning (Practical Demonkeeping) and just keep on going.

"First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros" is from the first paragraph or two

of a book being read now (or in the future) and is hosted by Socrates' Book Reviews. 

"Teaser Tuesday" at The Purple Booker asks for a random line or two
from anywhere in the book currently being read.