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    Island of the Sequined Love Nun
    Island of the Sequined Love Nun
    Island of the Sequined Love Nun
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    Island of the Sequined Love Nun

    Written by Christopher Moore

    Narrated by Oliver Wyman

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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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateAug 4, 2009
    ISBN9780061902550
    Author

    Christopher Moore

    Christopher Moore is the author of seventeen previous novels, including Shakespeare for Squirrels, Noir, Secondhand Souls, Sacré Bleu, Fool, and Lamb. He lives in San Francisco, California.

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    • 4/5
      A cannibal, a mad missionary doctor, an aspiring god, a bunch of Uzi toting ninjas, and a lusty nurse--what more could a guy want? This sometimes raunchy, always funny book will keep you engaged and chuckling. Trying to summarize or analyze it would defeat the purpose so I won’t try. Just read it. It’s funny.
    • 2/5
      I really enjoy Christopher Moore generally, but this book was really difficult to get through and just not very enjoyable at all.
    • 4/5
      Okay this was way different from any book I've ever read but it had me cracking up from the beginning! A definite palate cleanser. If you want a good laugh and some entertainment, read this one!
    • 3/5
      You can’t really take this novel seriously, what with the cannibals, cargo cults, an organ-harvesting conspiracy, a talking fruit bat and the theft of a 747 from a Hawaii airport. But it is a funny and light adventure fantasy, set in the South Pacific, with a band of memorable characters and a plot that concerns, among many other things, the establishment of a new religion worshiping a WWII fighter pilot named Vincent. A fun read for your next island vacation.
    • 4/5
      Thoroughly entertaining and utter nonsense -- a great combination making for total mindless entertainment.
    • 2/5
      This is my first Christopher Moore & I was looking forward to a good laugh but as I read I kept thinking when does it get funny? The plot was goofy ,nonsensical, wacky and flip. The book was filled with silly antics, colourful language and graphic sex scences. I felt I wasted my time reading this book. I will try one more book by this offer in hopes this was just an "off" book,
    • 5/5
      Unlike Moore's other novels, Island of the Sequined Love Nun takes readers to a tropical paradise for a tale of evil doctors and cargo cults. Tucker Case, a pilot for a make up company, has a humorous/tragic accident that could realistically have ended his pilot career. However, he is given a second chance by a mysterious man on an island, which he reluctantly accepts. While this is not Moore's best work, I found myself reading for hours longer than I wanted to before bed each night and taking time out of the day to make room for it. Moore continues to find ways to keep me laughing out loud while simultaneously making a truly amazing story. And who wouldn't want to read a book with a talking giant fruit bat? This book is definately worth picking up.
    • 4/5
      OK - not as humorous as his previous novels I still find Moores humor to be good enough for me to laugh out loud at times. This novel races along and it is a fun ride. The author is refreshingly inventive in his dialogue and plot and doesn't seem to take his own writing seriously which only adds to alure.I think Moores writing is not for everyone, but those that 'get it' it is a gem worth pursuing.
    • 4/5
      I bought this book because I had heard the author on NPR and thought he was funny. The book is good but maybe I'm too old for this kind of book. Younger males (under 40) might enjoy it more than I did. I'll take Carl Hiaasen any day.
    • 5/5
      Island of the Sequined Love Nun by Christopher Moore

      ★ ★ ★ ★ 1/2

      This isn't the first Christopher Moore book that I've read this year and it definitely won't be the last. As usual, Moore delivered a hilarious, great story. While raunchy in some parts, this book had me laughing quite a bit. I enjoyed the characters. They were well written and described. I love how in many of his books, characters criss-cross so the main character I met in this book can also be found in his Stupidest Angel book. Moore has yet to disappoint me with his writing style. My greatest sadness is that it took me so long to find the humorous genius that is Christopher Moore. His writing may not be for everyone but I thoroughly enjoy it.
    • 4/5
      This was a really great read that was easy to pick up no matter where I left off. I really enjoyed the progression of the characters and the humor in the small details. It was like listening to a friend tell a funny story about a time in their life rather than reading a novel. Excellent change in pace for our book club!!!
    • 3/5
      This book was an interesting study of 'What would you do for money'? Would you sell your soul to the devil? Would you help harvest organs from an unassuming group of innocent islanders? Would you create a religion, so those islanders would be happy to be 'chosen', and jump up on the operating table willingly?

      This is the story of the wild adventures of Tucker Case. He's an asshole. A womanizer. A drunken airplane pilot, who just happens to find himself a whore who wants to get fucked in the cockpit, at 10,000 feet. Of course, Tuck is eager to oblige, and ends up crashing his boss's lear jet in the process.

      He also manages to impale himself on one of the levers in the cockpit, which shot directly through his scrotum, and out his penis. Good times. He's laid up at the hospital for a few weeks, while his boss, Mary Kay - I mean, Mary Jean - tries to stop the police from filing criminal charges against him. I mistook her for Mary Kay, because that's obviously who she's based on. I mean, come on... She runs a cosmetic company, and flies in a gaudy pink lear jet.

      While Tuck is resting, he receives a letter from a doctor, who lives and operates on a small island in the South Pacific. The Doc offers Tuck a job, to fly another Lear jet. Even though he is well aware that Tuck's pilot licence had been revoked. Doc assures Tuck that it doesn't matter, as long as Tuck is able to fly the jet.

      Then starts the long, unfortunate journey to the island. At least 100 pages were aloted to this journey, as flights get delayed, and hurricanes arrive, and tranny whores assure Tuck that she/he can get him to the island licketey split, on a small boat that he/she just procured.

      Finally, Tuck and his tranny whoe arrive at the island, only to be stringed up in a tree, doused with pepper and salt, in preparation to be cooked and eaten by the hungry natives. But, after a while, it turns out that the old native that stared at them, hanging from the tree and simply uttered "Yum," was just kidding.

      Tuck and his tranny friend get released, and Tuck finally gets to meet the Doc that hired him. Then, he finds out that the Doc, and his wife are worshiped by the local natives as Gods. And the whole plot thing kicks in, where the Doc is actually harvesting the organs of these natives, getting paid $500k for each goddamn kidney.

      Tuck is expected to fly these kidneys to Japan, and collect the fee. Bla bla bla, conflict, conflict, conflict... The story really does get a bit dull and boring in the middle.

      Until Tuck is exiled from the island by the Doc. So of course, Tuck ends up rescuing all the natives from the island. He steals a 747 from a airport at Hawaii, like you do. Takes off on the runway, as the tower protests, tuck streaming into his mic, "Go ahead, try and stop me, motherfuckers!" But he didn't say 'motherfuckers', because that would have been awesome, and this book really isn't that awesome.

      He rescues all the natives, and flies them off to Costa Rica. Whooptie-freaking-doo. Everyone's happy, in the end, except for the Doc, and his 'Priestess' wife. Because, not only did Tuck fly off with all their willing victims, but he also blew up their clinic, which just happened to house the Priestess' awesome shoe collection.

      Overall, this book kept me reading, because of the constant conflict. Tuck was always getting in trouble. The only problem was, there were always people that helped him get out of trouble. He was never really left to solve anything for himself. Conflict is great, except when there's an obvious answer to it. With this book, there was never a question of 'Will he get out of this one'? Because, of course he will.
    • 1/5
      What a disappointment. I may have laughed twice. The title is the best part of the book. A waste of trees.
    • 4/5
      Tucker Case, pilot for the Mary Jean Cosmetics Corp, has recently lost his job. While drunk one morning, he is approached by a prostitute who eagerly wants to join the Mile High Club. Consequently, the aerial acrobatics goes wrong leading to a crashed plane, injury to his privates, losing his job and pilot's license. Therefore, when his mechanic approaches him about an employment opportunity as pilot for a shady medical missionary and his sexy wife, nurse and Sky Priestess to the indigenous Shark People on a remote Micronesian island, he jumps at the offer. However, after he arrives he discovers that the job's benefits are outweighed by numerous limitations. Christopher Moore is at his hilarious best in one of his earliest novels. I found myself chuckling page to page over Tuck's comic misadventures.
    • 4/5
      Who would've thought...Christopher Moore is not all hilarity and racuousness. This very funny story is actually a pretty powerful portrait of faith and redemption--not just for one man, but for an entire population. Filled with intriguing characters and plain old cool-ass storytelling, The Island of the Sequined Love Nun kept me entertained and in semi-suspense through the entire book. Some parts of the plot were a bit too predictible, so of course Moore threw in some absurd coconuts from left field just to keep the readers on their toes. All in all, very enjoyable, highly snort-inducing, and even a little bit thought-provoking. Classic Moore.
    • 4/5
      Fantastic as usual. Christopher Moore successfully weaves a yarn with surprise twists and lovable characters.
    • 4/5
      Tuck stared out at the ocean for a moment, wondering whether it was time to give this gift horse a dental exam. There was just too damn much money showing on this island.When pilot Tucker Case foolishly goes for a drunken flight with a hooker who wants to join the mile high club, and crashes his boss's plane, he loses his pilot's licence and is lucky to escape with his life. Out of the blue, he is offered a lucrative job flying a Lear jet for a mission doctor on an out of the way island in Micronesia, but it isn't long before he starts thinking that there must be a catch.It is a comedy with disturbing undertones which gradually becomes more and more sinister. It; is the first of this author's books that I have read, and I was surprised that it featured such sinister goings on. Back in the 80s, I read several of the M*A*S*H books, and the tone of this extremely funny novel really reminded me of them."Island of the Sequined Love Nun" is a very enjoyable book, and gets bonus points from me for including a map of the island.
    • 5/5
      Island of the Sequined Love Nun is an enjoyable and quick read but Moore's story telling skills are rougher than his later books. There were a few times when I had to go back to reread a page or two when the plot went in a direction I wasn't expecting or a description didn't make sense the first time. My favorite character has to be Roberto the talking bat. He is a classic Moore character.
    • 4/5
      This was a good book. Not my favorite Christopher Moore book, but still funny. I was a fan of the Shark People, they made me laugh more then any of the other characthers within the book.
    • 5/5
      This book about a cargo cult is hilarious. The title alone is great fun, and as the book unfolds it make perfect sense. Tucker Case starts off the novel as not a terribly likable guy. He's a womanizer and has poor impulse control and it costs him - it cost him a great deal. It is hard to not relate to Tucker, though, as his thoughts are hilariously human as he somehow manages to achieve the redemption his character so desperately needs.This book has an entire cast of likable and memorable characters. Moore excels at layering threads of plot and action together in what becomes a rich and detailed tapestry. This book is no exception to that rule. I have bought this book several times over simply because I love being able to loan this book out, but it is so good it never returns home again. It is well worth it to share Moore with others. I have to give someone a book by Moore and have them dislike it - everyone who reads him ends up being a life long fan.
    • 5/5
      This is my favorite Christopher Moore book. I selected it for a flight and embarrassed myself with all of laugh out loud parts. Very entertaining and hard to put away.
    • 4/5
      More very funny storytelling from Moore, and some good writing besides. This is the original tale with Tucker Case (and Roberto) who later appear in "The Stupidest Angel."
    • 3/5
      Christopher Moore books are not for everyone. He has been described as, “A very sick man, in the very best sense of the word.” His books are an escape for me, and I desperately needed one after reading A Child Called "It". He is zany, his humour is dark, and his books are totally off-beat.My massage therapist recommended Moore to me because his books are easy to read, don’t take a lot of brain power to follow, and leave you entertained.I have read four of his other novels (Fluke, A Dirty Job, The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove, and Practical Demonkeeping), and this one was my least favourite.This book is about a pilot, Tucker Chase, who winds up in a lot of trouble after crashing while engaged in a drunken tryst. He winds up taking an extremely lucrative job offer to fly medical supplies for a missionary on a remote island.It was an enjoyable book, but not Moore’s best work.If you are interested in reading one of Moore’s books, I recommend starting with A Dirty Job about a guy whose job it is to gather up souls before the Forces of Darkness get to them.Oliver Wyman is the perfect narrator for Moore's novels. He is thoroughly enjoyable to listen to!MY RATING: 3 stars!
    • 5/5
      Tucker Case is a pilot working for the Mary Jean Cosmetics Company, flying the little pink corporate jet and ferrying Miss Mary Jean from one sales rally to another. Tuck doesn't have nearly the "way with the ladies" as he'd like to have, so when he gets approached by the pretty lady in the airport bar who wants to join the Mile High Club RIGHT NOW, he doesn't refuse, even though he's tossed back a few gin and tonics already. After the resulting crash (which they both survived -- barely), Mary Jean decides that firing him isn't quite enough, so she sets her goons on him. Tuck has lost his pilot's license and is under Mary Jean's thumb, so he takes the only job offer left to him. He'll be working for a Methodist Missionary doctor on the Micronesian island of Alaulu, flying a brand new Lear Jet for "supply runs" and making $10 grand a month. The doctor's wife is a crazy blonde former nurse who controls the native population of the island by appearing as the Sky Priestess, who they all worship. Something is fishy about the whole operation but Tucker is just grateful for the job. At first. When it slowly dawns on him how a Methodist missionary can afford a Lear jet, Tuck calls upon a friendly ghost, a couple of natives and a talking fruit bat to save the day.This book was hilarious, like all the Christopher Moore books have been. This thing should be made into a movie because it was full of visuals that need to be up on the big screen. The characters in this book are imaginative, the plot just zips along, and the writing is good. This one gets a high 5.
    • 2/5
      I picked this up because I liked Lamb and heard his other books were really funny. But this one wasn't. I felt like I'm reading a story formed from elements drawn from a hat. The characters were merely walking personality traits without actual personalities, and the plot was contrived beyond the point of amusing silliness. The story appeared to have been written with the belief that random automatically equals funny. It doesn't.
    • 5/5
      Ok, this audiobook is one of the most entertaining things I've listened to in years. It's hilarious, fun, and moving. AND there's a talking bat. Wins all around.
    • 5/5
      Very funny and very exciting. Rare that you can have such high comedy, and still be serious enough to have, "edge of your seat suspense" all rolled into one. The main caricature (Tucker Case) is so great that Christopher Moore has put him in his other books.
    • 3/5
      I’ve read a few of Christopher Moore’s books by now- Lamb, A Dirty Job, You Suck: A Love Story and Fool. I never really know what to expect from him, so I tend to read his books blindly and hope for a good laugh which I usually get. With the exception of Fool, I’ve found all of Moore’s books hysterically funny. There is always a creative plot line and left field twists and turns that keep me on my toes and makes me wonder how does he think of these things?!

      Island of the Sequined Love Nun is one of Moore’s non-paranormal books, so I was excited going into this since I knew it would be different than the others I’ve read. I admit I didn’t find it as funny as his paranormal stories or Lamb, but I had moments where I was chuckling out loud while trying not to look like a fool in public.

      Tucker Case loses his job as a pilot for Mary Jean Cosmetics after his drunken airborne sex-capade with a prostitute goes horribly wrong. Not only does he crash the giant pink plane nearly taking out his manhood in the process, but the prostitute threatens to sue him and Mary Jean has sent henchmen after him. Looking for a way out Tucker finds a job opportunity on a remote island piloting secret missions for a shady medical missionary. Getting to the island is half the adventure for Tucker. On his way he encounters Kimi, a cross dressing transvestite with a fruit bat named Roberto for a companion, the Shark people, a few ninjas and the High Priestess. The secondary characters were pretty funny and their interactions with Tucker had me laughing for the most part. However, at times the story did get serious and the secret part of Tucker’s missions was nothing to laugh about.

      Overall the story did have its hilarious moments and surprisingly enough it ended up being a feel good book, but I felt like it took some time to get there. If the book was a bit shorter with more hilarious scenes than I probably would have rated it a star higher since I thought it had potential.
    • 3/5
      The concept is original – a bizarre blend of Pacific cargo cults and spare part surgery – but somehow it doesn’t catch fire.
    • 4/5
      A great story that introduses us to Roberto, a wonderful reoccuring character. Good Job Mr Moore.