Farnsworth's Revenge: A Rollo Hemphill Misadventure (Misadventures of Rollo Hemphill, Band 3) - Softcover

Jones, Gerald Everett

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0985622725 ISBN 13: 9780985622725

Verlag: La Puerta Productions, 2022

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When your ex-boss’s sex doll goes missing, and you’re the prime suspect, what could possibly go wrong?

Rollo Hemphill’s life has never been simple, but now it’s downright surreal. Fleeing Paris after a dubious charity scandal, he’s pulled back into chaos when Hugo Farnsworth’s most prized possession — a lifelike doll who’s been mistaken for a real celebrity — vanishes from his boat in the South of France.

Armed with nothing but disguises, bad codewords, and Felicia’s occasional financial lifeline, Rollo must navigate spy games, shady art collectors, and painfully introspective nights in laundromats. Oh, and the doll’s severed ear might just hold the key to international leverage.

From the Riviera to the Bosphorus, Rollo chases answers, avoids jail, and maybe—just maybe—learns to grow up.
In this outrageous comic caper, Gerald Everett Jones serves up farce, philosophy, and flat-out fun. Farnsworth’s Revengeis a sendup of modern love, scandal, and the wild things we do when the truth is stranger than fiction.

Here's how some close observers describe Rollo's improbable misadventures:

“On the lam in Paris, computer geek-turned-shamus Rollo Hemphill is on the prowl for a kidnapped blonde. A rich old man’s plaything, this doll has a famous face, legs up to here, and all the right equipment. A soft-boiled dick if ever there was one, Rollo learns too late that as usual, the yolk is on him.”

- Marvin J. Wolf, author of For Whom The Shofar Blows and other Rabbi Ben Mysteries

“The first requirement to be a fan of Farnsworth's Revenge is an ability to suspend belief. While the scenario of a kidnapped life-size replica inviting international espionage seems far-fetched, the story succeeds in painting a satisfying blend of possibility and madness in a manner designed to attract male readers with an interest in fast-paced espionage stories that hold a healthy dose of angst, witty mishaps and misadventure... Blend all this zaniness with emotional reflections as Rollo strives to reconcile differences between many different factions (not the least of which is his girlfriends) and you have a blend of action, drama, humor, and laugh-out-loud reflections revolving around the male ego and its responses... Don't expect a book that's easily 'pegged': Farnsworth's Revenge provides a read that's out of the ordinary and excels in unexpected twists and turns of plot; all spiced by comedy and hilarious encounters between Rollo and forces that pull him in different emotional and intellectual directions. It's recommended for mature teens (ages 16 and older) as well as adult audiences.” - D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review

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Gerald Everett Jones holds a Bachelor of Arts with Honors from the College of Letters, Wesleyan University. He is the author of nine novels, most recently the mystery-thriller Preacher Finds a Corpse and the psychological literary novel Clifford's Spiral. He wrote a series of three satiric Rollo Hemphill misadventures, the adult melodrama Christmas Karma, the crime story Choke Hold, the father-son comedy Mr. Ballpoint, and the historical thriller Bonfire of the Vanderbilts. He coauthored the nonfiction memoir The Light in His Soul: Lessons from My Brother's Schizophrenia. He has also written more than 25 nonfiction books on business and technical subjects and is an award-winning screenwriter. He is a member of the Writers Guild of America, Women's National Book Association, Dramatists Guild, and the Independent Writers of Southern California. His business title How to Lie with Charts has become something of a classic on the subject of presentation design. He is the host of the GetPublished! Radio show.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: La Puerta Productions
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0985622725
• ISBN 13: 9780985622725
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 280
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