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A Dirty Job: A Novel 251 reviews Christopher Moore
William Morrow, 2006
My favorite
+ really good book! + KITTY!
This is by far my favorite Christopher Moore book. I work on an oncology/hospice unit and found this book to have a great message regarding death.
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Washington Schlepped Here: Walking in the Nation's Capital (Crown Journeys) 13 reviews Christopher Buckley
Crown, 2003
God and Man in Das Capital
+ Buckley interjects humor into what could have been a dull book + Lots of fun, and some great info too.
Chris Buckley has written another funny book, this one a semi-insider's guide to the nation's capital. Like me, Buckley is not a native but has been living in DC for a while. He came here to work for George Bush the elder, I came here to be near my ex-wife's relatives. Clearly he had better luck. ...
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How I Conquered Your Planet 15 reviews John Swartzwelder
Kennydale Books, 2006
The Novella Fella
+ A decent and funny story + The weakest of Swartzwelder's books is still a fun/funny read. + If you like the simpsons...
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The White House Mess 16 reviews Christopher Buckley
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1995
FUNNY, FUNNY, FUNNY
+ Gilbert and Sullivan turn + Where to go after "Thank You For Smoking" + Is Christopher Buckley a secret psychic friend?
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Bloodsucking Fiends 173 reviews Christopher Moore
Harper Paperbacks, 2004
At His best...
+ Fair quality - good book! + Witty and absurd + Funny and a little freaky... + America's Greatest Comic-Fantasy Writer
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Wet Work 3 reviews Christopher Buckley
Allison & Busby, 2003
Imagine a cross between Tom Clancy and Tom McGuane
A simple premise ... a wealthy American businessman's only granddaugter dies of a cocaine overdose. He decides that he's going to kill everyone who had anything to do with it, starting with her boyfriend and ending with the head of the Columbian drug cartel. Along the way yachts are wrecked and ...
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Little Green Men: A Novel 86 reviews Christopher Buckley, Random House Inc.
Harper Perennial, 2000
Amusing
+ Great read + Was this alien BO?
There are plenty of stories about contact with aliens, including a plethora dealing with government conspiracies to conceal such contact. In Little Green Men, Christopher Buckley offers his own take on these stories and has delivered a fun novel.
Little Green Men centers on John Banion, the ...
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No Way to Treat a First Lady: A Novel 59 reviews Christopher Buckley
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2003
Very Enjoyable
+ Entertaining + White House sexual escapades provide forum for skewering law and journalism + But A Great Way To Treat A Reader
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The Deeper Meaning of Liff: A Dictionary of Things There Aren't Any Words for Yet--But There Ought to Be 17 reviews Douglas Adams, John Lloyd
Three Rivers Press, 2005
A new reason to Hitchike along the Adams' Galaxy
+ Humorous bathroom material + I love it!
Really funny and amusing. It is a new delight of the many that Douglas Adams have been providing to his readers. Praise also to John Lloyd, whose Spitting Image are also a delight to watch. I strongly recommend this book.
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Fight Club: A Novel 673 reviews Chuck Palahniuk
W. W. Norton, 2005
Inspiring Work
+ Chuck Palahniuk + Fight Club For Life + Indescribably brilliant + Thanks
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Practical Demonkeeping 127 reviews Christopher Moore
Harper Paperbacks, 2004
Great Book
+ Love Christopher Moore! + Pratical Demonkeeping + Practical Demonkeeping: A Comedy of Horrors
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Happy Valley: A Novel 2 reviews Sugar Ray Dodge
iUniverse, Inc., 2007
Sugar Ray Dodge is a Genius!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+ A wonderful read
This is a ground breaking novel! Happy Valley sends you on an intense rollercoaster ride with an ending that you never see coming! This novel will have you on the edge of your seat until the last word! Sugar Ray Dodge's writing style is not only the future of Mormon literature, but modern ...
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 883 reviews Douglas Adams
Del Rey, 1995
Still not available for Australian Kindle Readers
+ Good, but not mind-blowingly awesome. + Most hilarious book ever
Soooooo Long and thanks for all the Fish.... well... I would like to be enjoying reading these books again... this time on my Kindle... but alas... they STILL aren't available to Australian Amazon Kindle users.... this Regional restriction is quite ridiculous.. I can buy this book as a remainder in ...
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Jennifer Government 185 reviews Max Barry
Vintage, 2004
Corporate greed
+ Great book! + Free Market Idealism Taken To The Extreme
It is a new America. America controls Australia and is run by corporations. Your identity is linked to the company you work for. Unemployed persons have no last name. Children are named for the corporate run schools they attend (Mattell, McDonalds, etc.)
Jennifer Government is a law enforcement ...
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The Time Machine Did It 46 reviews John Swartzwelder
Kennydale Books, 2004
Ham
+ Unbelievably funny + Swartzwelder! + Laugh Out Loud Literature
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Practical Demonkeeping 127 reviews Christopher Moore
Harper Paperbacks, 2004
Great Book
+ Love Christopher Moore! + Pratical Demonkeeping + Practical Demonkeeping: A Comedy of Horrors
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No Way to Treat a First Lady: A Novel 59 reviews Christopher Buckley
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2003
Very Enjoyable
+ Entertaining + White House sexual escapades provide forum for skewering law and journalism + But A Great Way To Treat A Reader
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The Deeper Meaning of Liff: A Dictionary of Things There Aren't Any Words for Yet--But There Ought to Be 17 reviews Douglas Adams, John Lloyd
Three Rivers Press, 2005
A new reason to Hitchike along the Adams' Galaxy
+ Humorous bathroom material + I love it!
Really funny and amusing. It is a new delight of the many that Douglas Adams have been providing to his readers. Praise also to John Lloyd, whose Spitting Image are also a delight to watch. I strongly recommend this book.
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Jennifer Government 185 reviews Max Barry
Vintage, 2004
Corporate greed
+ Great book! + Free Market Idealism Taken To The Extreme
It is a new America. America controls Australia and is run by corporations. Your identity is linked to the company you work for. Unemployed persons have no last name. Children are named for the corporate run schools they attend (Mattell, McDonalds, etc.)
Jennifer Government is a law enforcement ...
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Bloodsucking Fiends 173 reviews Christopher Moore
Harper Paperbacks, 2004
At His best...
+ Fair quality - good book! + Witty and absurd + Funny and a little freaky... + America's Greatest Comic-Fantasy Writer
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