Monday, December 7, 2009

Island of the Sequined Love Nun by Christopher Moore - can this guy spin a yarn or what!

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-- whos 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.

can this guy spin a yarn or what!
Chris Moore is in the wrong field he should be writing screenplays. Although Hollywood might not be ready for his intelligence or dark humor. He makes fun of everything including greedy religious cults that prey on the little people.This story also has heart. The characters are so well written they fly off the page and beg you to keep reading.
Plot
Its about a great guy named Tucker he is just like Sam Malone on Cheers,except he still is a severe alcoholic. He has a wonderful job flying jets for Mary Jean Cosmetics until he has sex with a hooker while driving the plane and crashes it. His long suffering boss doesnt throw him in jail like any normal person would do. She gets him a job making 6 figures in the Micronesian Islands flying for missionaries. It may sound too good to be true and it is... but thats all I can tell you. The characters are the kinda weirdos that you ride the city bus/subway with. Heck,he even threw in a sunglass wearing talking fruit bat and a WW2 Flying Ace. I will warn you, he does drop the f bomb alot but if you can overlook that, you will love it.
If he does makes this into a movie here is who is who my dream cast would be

Tucker - Simon Baker
Mary Jean - Carrie Fischer
The high Priestess - Tea Leoni
Dr. Curtis - John Slatterly(from mad men)
malnick -cheech marin
Vincent the flying ace - John Cleese
kimi Tommy chong

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