The Good Humor Man: Or, Calorie 3501 - Softcover

Fox, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1892391856 ISBN 13: 9781892391858

Verlag: Tachyon Publications, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

In this satiric romp inspired by Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, set in 2041, government-sanctioned vigilantes—the Good Humor Men—ruthlessly patrol the streets, immolating all fattening food products as illegal contraband. A pound of real chocolate is worth more on the black market than a kilo of cocaine. Evil “nutraceutical” company MannaSantos controls the food market with genetically modified products, such as “Leanie Lean” meats. But the craze for svelte healthfulness has reached a critical turning point, as a mysterious wasting plague threatens to starve all of humanity.

A lone ex-plastic surgeon and founding Good Humor Man, whose father performed a secret liposuction surgery on Elvis Presley, holds the key to humanity’s future. In a mad dash to retrieve his family heirloom—the mortal remains of the King’s belly fat—Dr. Louis Shmalzberg becomes entangled with a civil servant of questionable motives, an acquisitive assassin from a wealthy Caliphate, a power-mad preacher evangelizing anorexia, a beautiful young woman addicted to liposuction, and a homicidal clone from a MannaSantos experiment gone terribly wrong.

Can Elvis save the world sixty-four years after his death?

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Andrew Fox is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Fat White Vampire Blues, described as “Ann Rice meets A Confederacy of Dunces.” Fox has been employed as a mime, public-safety advocate, playwright, and, after Hurricane Katrina, a part of FEMA’s Gulf Coast Recovery Office. His influences include Marvel Comics, Planet of the Apes movies, and Ray Bradbury novels.

Andrew Fox is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Fat White Vampire Blues, described as “Ann Rice meets A Confederacy of Dunces.&; Fox has been employed as a mime, public-safety advocate, playwright, and, after Hurricane Katrina, a part of FEMA&;s Gulf Coast Recovery Office. His influences include Marvel Comics, Planet of the Apes movies, and Ray Bradbury novels.

Andrew Fox is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Fat White Vampire Blues, described as Ann Rice meets A Confederacy of Dunces.” Fox has been employed as a mime, public-safety advocate, playwright, and, after Hurricane Katrina, a part of FEMA’s Gulf Coast Recovery Office. His influences include Marvel Comics, Planet of the Apes movies, and Ray Bradbury novels.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Tachyon Publications
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1892391856
• ISBN 13: 9781892391858
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 282
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