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Island of the Sequined Love Nun | 
 enlarge | Author: Christopher Moore
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Category: Book
List Price: $13.95
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Rating:  133 reviews
Sales Rank: 8217
Media: Paperback
Pages: 336
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 0060735449
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780060735449
ASIN: 0060735449
Publication Date: June 1, 2004
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Pilot Tucker Case has a weakness--well, Tuck really has two--and the combination of drinking and sex in the cockpit of the pink Mary Jean Cosmetics Learjet puts him on the front page of papers all over the planet. But he finds another job with a mysterious employer--someone with a brand-new Lear 45-- who's willing to pay Tuck generously and ask no questions about his record. The jet and job are on Alualu, a speck in the Pacific Ocean, and Tucker has nowhere else to go. But first he has to get to Alualu, and once there, he faces a hurricane, Shark People, atypical missionaries, and boredom ... and the responsibilities assigned to him by Capt. Vincent Bennidetti, U.S. Air Force, deceased bomber pilot and present-day deity of the Shark People.
Product Description
Take a wonderfully crazed excursion into the demented heart of a tropical paradise—a world of cargo cults, cannibals, mad scientists, ninjas, and talking fruit bats. Our bumbling hero is Tucker Case, a hopeless geek trapped in a cool guy's body, who makes a living as a pilot for the Mary Jean Cosmetics Corporation. But when he demolishes his boss's pink plane during a drunken airborne liaison, Tuck must run for his life from Mary Jean's goons. Now there's only one employment opportunity left for him: piloting shady secret missions for an unscrupulous medical missionary and a sexy blond high priestess on the remotest of Micronesian hells. Here is a brazen, ingenious, irreverent, and wickedly funny novel from a modern master of the outrageous.
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Take a wonderfully crazed excursion into the demented heart of a tropical paradise -- a world of cargo cults, cannibals, mad scientists, ninjas, and talking fruit bats. Our bumbling hero is Tucker Case, a hopeless geek trapped in a cool guy's body, who makes a living as a pilot for the Mary Jean Cosmetics Corporation. But when he demolishes his boss's pink plane during a drunken airborne liaison, Tuck must run for his life from Mary Jean's goons. Now there's only one employment opportunity left for him: piloting shady secret missions for an unscrupulous medical missionary and a sexy blond high priestess on the remotest of Micronesian hells. Here is a brazen, ingenious, irreverent, and wickedly funny novel from a modern master of the outrageous.
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 Christopher Moore June 25, 2008
A. Messier
The author hasn't written a bad book yet. Completely amusing and the characters are well developed as normal everyday people. Very relatable. If a regular person ended up in the situations the characters do, they would react the same.
This book is wicked funny! May 8, 2008
Jennifer Spencer (Texas, USA)
Firstly, I bought most of these for someone I thought was a friend. But, eventually, my husband and I got a few by this author and we LOVED this book. So engaging and funny!
 Not Lamb April 1, 2008
David A. Johnson
"Lamb" was my first Moore exposure. And what a treat. "...Love Nun" is no Lamb and as the saying goes, once bitten, twice shy. This is not what I'm looking for to occupy my reading time.
 Worth reading. March 4, 2008
Scott T (San Diego)
Loved Lamb. This is my second Moore book. Though I didn't find it nearly as funny as Lamb, I certainly enjoyed it and would recommend it. It's a great story with great characters and takes place in a fascinating and unique setting. I also feel like I learned a lot and will share many of the facts with others, whether they are true or not.
I will definitely read more Moore.
Darn Near Close to Perfection February 10, 2008
Author (Brooklyn, NY USA)
I don't ask for much when I take a vacation. I want a Pina Colada with an extra shot and a book that will make me laugh. Out loud, if possible.
That's why I always take Chris Moore along with me. Island of the Sequined Love Nun made me laugh out loud too many times to count but enough to give this book five stars and a debt of gratitude to the author. What I like about Moore is he delivers. Consistently.
The plot has been endlessly recounted here, so I won't add my take except to say that I think what I like best about this author's writing is how he seamlessly encapsulates profound philosophical insights with a maximum amount of humor and compassion. It's not unusual in a Christopher Moore book to find yourself laughing out loud one minute and stifling a lump in your throat the next.
Writing comedy of this caliber is extremely hard to do. Chris Moore is today's phenom, never having, I would imagine, to write another word in this lifetime if he doesn't want to.
Hopefully he wants to. I can't imagine a vacation without him.
Five stars. Great read!
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