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"Sheer fun . . . the world needs more gangster novels featuring vampires, monks and Elvis impersonators." —Observer
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Detective Miles Jensen is called to the lawless town of Santa Mondega to investigate a spate of murders. This would all be quite ordinary in those rough streets, except that Jensen is the Chief Detective of Supernatural Investigations. The breakneck plot centers around a mysterious blue stone—The Eye of the Moon—and the men and women who all want to get their hands on it: a mass murderer with a drinking problem, a hit man who thinks he's Elvis, and a pair of monks among them. Add in the local crime baron, an amnesiac woman who's just emerged from a five-year coma, a gypsy fortune teller, and a hapless hotel porter, and the plot thickens fast. Most importantly, how do all these people come to be linked to the strange book with no name? This is the anonymous, ancient book that no one seems to have survived reading. Everyone who has ever read it has been murdered. What can this mean?
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Crazy,
This review is from: The Book with No Name (Paperback)
A book with a naff cover, by an author who doesn't want to put his name to it? How poor can it be? Actually not poor at all! This book had me totally gripped from start to finish. It's really enjoyable and quite different to anything I can ever recall reading. There are multiple plot lines going on, and I was concerned that they wouldn't have an ending worthy of them, but oh my what an ending! The main plot that kicks in about a third of the way through the book is the hunt for a serial killer who is killing everyone who has read The Book With No Name. This was a unique and absorbing storyline and the final outcome of it was truly shocking. This book should appeal to anyone with a sense of humour and a love of Quentin Tarantino / Robert Rodriguez movies. Very funny, exciting and scary in equal measures. In one word "Crazy"
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
not fot the virgin eye,
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This review is from: The Book with No Name (Paperback)
EEEEEh! Don't let your kids read this book. Just the swearing in it will make your eyes pop. Don't expect a book about a book either. Actually, it hasn't much to do with a book. The story is not half bad but I must admit to to much gorry stuff in it. Just be award before you read it and enjoy the blood.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Verbal Garbage!,
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This review is from: The Book With No Name: A Novel (Probably) (Paperback)
The first time I saw this book on amazon I was truly intrigued. Not because I believed that if I read this book I would pass on or anything to that effect. It was just that the concept seemed new and refreshing. That all ended as soon as I started reading this trash. This book was so bad I do not know where to begin.The writing was horrible and after only a few chapters I knew the real reason why the author did not want to put his or her name on it...it saves them the ridicule and embarrassment (and probably a law suit). Next, the limitless profanity. Don't get me wrong, I do not mind profanity in literature but only in so far as it advances the story or builds characterization. Swearing for the sake of swearing does nothing for the book or the reader. The constant references to '80's pop culture was really annoying and then the author threw in a few more modern ones just to seem hip but come on. Having two martial art monks (not joking...they are two of the main characters) dress up for a costume party overrun with 'real' vampires wearing the Karate Kid's Cobra Kai outfits is a bit much! The whole book seemed a cross of a number of main stream movies that everyone has seen. I won't go into them here but suffice it to say the author makes enough references to them in book. All in all, do not get fooled in parting with your hard earned money by buying this garbage. The characters are shallow, the writing poor, the storyline horrible and the ending, well that was just utterly stupid. Bad does not even come close in describing this book. The one star was for whoever did the art work for the cover.
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