Pub Date: August 12, 2008
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Price on Product - Canadian, Price on Product
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 0.60" H x 9.00" L x 5.00" W ( 0.50 lbs) 256 pages
BISAC Categories:
Fiction | Thrillers | Psychological | Suspense | Science Fiction | Crime and Mystery | Fantasy | Urban | Horror | General | Occult and Supernatural | Dystopian | Literary | Crime | Mystery and Detective | Women Sleuths | Visionary and Metaphysical
Description: Jane Charlotte claims to be a member of a secret organization--the Bad Monkeys--devoted to ridding the world of especially evil people. As Jane's tale grows increasingly bizarre, a psychiatrist tries to sort truth from lies. Is she lying or crazy, or is her tale unbelievably true?
Brief description:
Matt Ruff is the author of Lovecraft Country and its sequel, The Destroyer of Worlds, as well as 88 Names, Bad Monkeys, The Mirage, Set This House in Order, Fool on the Hill, and Sewer, Gas & Electric: The Public Works Trilogy. He lives in Seattle, Washington.
Review Quotes:
"Fast. Wicked. Scarily clever, and equally fun for those who like thrillers and those who don't." - Neal Stephenson, bestselling author of Quicksilver and Cryptonomicon
"[Ruff] displays so much imaginative flair (similar in sensibility to George Saunders) and relays it all with such exuberance . . . fiendishly clever . . . mind-bending . . . " - Booklist (starred review)