Noir

Noir

by Christopher Moore (Author), Christopher Moore (Author)

Synopsis

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.

Meanwhile, a suspicious flying object has been spotted up the Pacific coast near Mount Rainier, followed by a mysterious plane crash in Roswell, New Mexico. But that's nothing compared to the real weirdness happening in the City by the Bay.

Before long, Sammy and the Cheese are making time and having a gas. But when one of Sammy's schemes goes south and the lady vanishes, Sammy must contend with his own dark secrets as he follows a tortuous trail in a desperate search to find his girl.

Think Raymond Chandler meets Men in Black with more than a dash of the Looney Tunes All Stars. It's all very, very Noir. It's all very, very Christopher Moore.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 496
Edition: Large Print
Publisher: HarperLuxe
Published: 17 Apr 2018

ISBN 10: 0062791443
ISBN 13: 9780062791443

Media Reviews
[A] pedal-to-the-metal, exquisitely written comic romp through a neon-lit San Francisco that may never have actually existed, but that, in Moore's supremely talented hands, sure feels like it could have. --Booklist (starred review)
Christopher Moore gives us dizzy dames and shadowy gangsters in Noir. Sammy, Moore's comic revision of Sam Spade, will take you on a silly-thrilly ride through late-1940s San Francisco, and you'll be laughing all the way. --Washington Post
Raymond Chandler meets the SyFy Channel... Fans of noir film and fiction will find a lot to enjoy in this loving genre tribute, and those already familiar with Moore's books will simply be in love. --Library Journal (starred review)
There is a laugh-out-loud moment every couple of pages. And possibly a space alien, because, hey, this is a Christopher Moore book, after all. --BookPage
Noir turns a legendary genre on its side and offers grand entertainment at every level. --Los Angeles Review of Books