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Author:
Moore, Christopher, 1957-
Title:
Noir : a novel / Christopher Moore.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher:
William Morrowan imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
339 pages ; 23 cm.
Subject:
1900 - 1999.
Mystery & detective stories.
New Mexico - Fiction.
Roswell Incident, Roswell, N.M., 1947 -- Fiction.
Bartenders--Fiction.
Unidentified flying objects--Fiction.
Human-alien encounters--Fiction.
Missing persons--Fiction.
California--Fiction.
San Francisco (Calif)--20th century--Fiction.
Humorous fiction.
Satire.
Noir fiction.
Historical fiction.
Summary:
Madcap, zany noir set on the mean streets of post-World War II San Francisco. Sammy "Two Toes" Tiffin is the bartender in a scruffy gin joint, with street connections that make him the go-to guy for just about everything. When one of his schemes goes south and his lady vanishes, Sammy follows a tortuous trail from Chinatown to Telegraph Hill to a hidden forest enclave in a desperate search to find his girl. Meanwhile, a suspicious flying object has been spotted by the Pacific Coast near Mount Ranier, followed by a mysterious plane crash in Roswell, New Mexico ... but the real weirdness is happening in the City by the Bay.
San Francisco. Summer, 1947. An enigmatic, comely blonde named Stilton walks into the scruffy gin joint where Sammy "Two Toes" Tiffin tends bar. It's love at first sight, but before Sammy can make his move, an Air Force general named Remy arrives with some urgent business. A suspicious flying object has been spotted up the Pacific coast in Washington State near Mount Rainer, followed by a mysterious plane crash in a distant patch of desert in New Mexico that goes by the name Roswell. When one of Sammy's schemes goes south and the Cheese mysteriously vanishes, Sammy is forced to contend with his own dark secrets if he wants to find his girl.
ISBN:
0062433997
9780062433992
Locations:
VTPD454 -- Cresco Public Library (Cresco)

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