- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Eraserhead Press (July 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1936383063
- ISBN-13: 978-1936383061
- Product Dimensions: 14 x 21.6 x 1.7 cm
- Shipping Weight: 431 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #403,200 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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When Dale Alden of the Duxbury Historical Preservation Society awakes on the morning before Thanksgiving, there's a turkey hanging from a tree in his backyard, a duck hanging from a rope in his fridge, an ill-tempered farmer in his bedroom, cops on his doorstep, and his son's greasy, drumstick-clutching hand in his face. And that's all before he leaves for work. Mutant ninjas, a talking whale, kung-fu masters, maniacal Pilgrims and an alcoholic clown populate Chris Genoa's surreal, darkly comical and unnerving reimagining of the first Thanksgiving. Put down your feathered headdresses, puritan collars and buckled shoes and prepare to get schooled in the alternate history lesson they never mentioned in grade school.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
The Best Book About Thanksgiving That I Have Ever Read,
By Bradley (Portland, Oregon) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Lick Your Neighbor (Paperback)
Genoa "does" Thanksgiving like he "did" time travelling in Foop, which came out quite a while ago, so I have been anxiously awaiting this book for a long time. It did not disappoint, although the story is mysterious. The book pretty much a mystery book and is difficult to review. The mystery is about the "real" Thanksgiving, which is revealed if you read the book cover to cover. It is very funny. Genoa often gets comparisons to Christopher Moore, and I think there is some validity in this, but like Moore says in his blurb, this book is much weirder than anything he has ever written. And because everyone loves comparisons so much, here's one more: I consider this book Bizarro's version of The Da Vinci Code, minus the poor writing and the horrible horribleness (while adding the Thanksgiving theme).
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Thanksgiving on steriods,
By Caris O'Malley - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Lick Your Neighbor (Paperback)
Thanksgiving has been long overlooked by popular culture. Sure, we like to get together and gorge ourselves on too much food and watch football or whatever, but, largely, it's a holiday without meaning. Nothing good has been done with Thanksgiving since Charlie Brown and Garfield cartoon specials.Until now, that is. Chris Genoa will be remembered throughout history as the man who brought meaning back to the holiday. I'll be honest- in the past, breaking bread with family held no appeal for me. I'd rather stay home with my whiskey and pornography. But that was then. Now, I've developed a fond appreciation for the holiday and all of its flaws. Howard Zinn taught us that everything we knew of Thanksgiving was a lie. He made it sounds awful. Geona brings the fun back. Zinn may have been a real smart cookie, but he glazed over the really interesting parts of history. He made no mention of talking whales or ninja turkeys. And nowhere in "A People's History of the United States" will you find a witch dancing with a deer in the moonlight. If you took Christopher Moore (author of "Lamb" and "A Dirty Job") and slipped him six pounds of amphetamines, you'd have Chris Genoa. There isn't a page that goes by without hilarity and wit. If you're looking for a good way to spend your holiday, pass on the family gatherings and stay home with a bottle of cheap bourbon and "Lick Your Neighbor." I swear, on all that I hold dear, that it will be the best Thanksgiving of your life. And the best twelve bucks you ever spent. 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Best. Thanksgiving. Ever.,
By D. Schwent "Dangerous Dan" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Lick Your Neighbor (Paperback)
Dale Alden wakes up on the day before Thanksgiving and finds the town mascot, Gobbling Gus, hanging in his back yard. From there, the day gets worse. Dale gets fired from his job, finds a decapitated corpse in his backyard, and gets entangled with turkey-faced ninjas and something worse; his brother in law Randy. Can Dale clear his name and save Thanksgiving and the world?You know those weird thoughts you have in the gray area between dreams and reality? Apparently Chris Genoa writes that stuff down and turns it into books. I've been aware of Chris Genoa since Christopher Moore mentioned Foop on his website years ago. Genoa's writing is a lot like Moore's and should appeal to the legions of Moore fans. For instance, check out this bit of dialogue, one of many gems embedded in Lick your Neighbor: "I thought witches were women and warlocks were men." "What's the difference?" "One has a penis and the other a vagina." The story is hilarious and the tone reminded me of A Dirty Job by the aforementioned Moore. Dale Alden and his lawyer/brother in law Randy make quite a pair. Throw in magical conspiracies involving the first Thanksgiving, hilarious excepts from Dale's ancestor's journal, and ninjas with turkey faces and you've got one hilarious book on your hands. I don't want to give more away but how many stories have you read that involve a catapult in the back of a station wagon and a man carrying an older woman away on a pogo stick? 5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Amazing!,
By Amy A. Behrbaum - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Lick Your Neighbor (Paperback)
I've been looking forward to more Chris Genoa books for years and Lick Your Neighbor does not disappoint. The characters are diverse, interesting, humorous and intelligent. The writing is fast paced and hilarious. I found it a mixture of Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions, Bukowski's Pulp, any Christopher Moore and Mellick's funnier bizarro. It's the perfect quirky read for Thanksgiving - turkeys, pilgrims, aliens, police investigations, need I say more. Love it.
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