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The Edgar-nominated author of Gun Monkeys is back with a thrill-a-minute suspense novel that mixes crime and academia—with hilarious results.... read full description

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Jan 19, 2010
Eric_W rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Victor Geishel does it again. Rollicking good noir. Morgan, a visiting professor at a Midwestern university (Geishel assures his colleagues it certainly NOT the one where he teaches creative literature,) wakes up naked next to a young coed he bonked the night before. Problem is she's not waking up having been given some pills by her weed dealer that should really not have been taken with all that alcohol.

Morgan's also teaching poetry to some grad students, one paper he is forced t More...
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Jan 29, 2012
abo rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Ti chiami Jay Morgan, e proprio non vorrei essere nei tuoi panni.
Un tempo eri un poeta di talento, adesso la tua vena creativa sembra essersi esaurita, e non riesci a buttare giù un verso decente che sia uno. Hai una cattedra (precaria) come professore di Letteratura inglese alla Eastern Oklahoma University, dove cerchi di insegnare la poesia a un branco di alunni privi di qualsiasi sensibilità letteraria. Bevi troppo, cambi ogni anno il college dove lavori e non sai resistere al fascino di una More...
Feb 03, 2010
Shullamuth rated it: 2 of 5 stars
This could have been a good book. The premise was fun, the characters interesting, the first 40 pages rocked and rolled, but then the characters never developed further and became less interesting and more devices of plot. By the time I got to the end, I didn't care anymore.
Sep 05, 2010
David rated it: 3 of 5 stars
Wasn't a bad book, the territory was well-ploughed...but for all that it was okay. Worth a look if you don't have anything to do on a rainy afternoon. Some great action scenes.
May 02, 2008
Josh rated it: 2 of 5 stars
Picked it up in a hostel because it wasn't in German, or one of the MANY pulp soldier of fortune novels.

The first third was pretty funny, about a poetry professor who wakes up with a dead student in his bead, and an ex-mafia don that gets rid of the body so that the professor will edit his poetry.

But then once the drug deal goes wrong it just degrades into standard shoot em up snoozcore, the kind that there's way too much of already and isn't particualy interesting for an More...
Nov 26, 2010
Tasula rated it: 3 of 5 stars
Although the characters were not likeable, moral or even well-intentioned, the book was a lot of fun.
Feb 07, 2011
Dale rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Absurd, hilarious, fast paced. A fun read.
Apr 19, 2009
Rick rated it: 5 of 5 stars
This book was great. Lot's of action, funny, kind of like Pulp Fiction
Feb 25, 2008
Ken rated it: 5 of 5 stars
This is Victor Gischler's second book, and it follows a graduate student as he enrolls at a university in Eastern Oklahoma. You might be saying to yourself--didn't Ken work with Victor at such a place--and I know what you're thinking. But we were located in Northeastern Oklahoma. And we didn't have a graduate program. And our dean did not wear women's underpants.
Feb 10, 2010
Jag rated it: 2 of 5 stars
Very silly, but entertaining.
Jul 21, 2009
Christopher rated it: 2 of 5 stars
Read Gischler's "Go Go Girls" and thought I would go back and read some of his older stuff. The book starts off slow and never really picks up from there. The mix of gritty urban life and small college town just never really clicked for me. Somewhat predictable. Not his best effort.
Feb 10, 2012
David marked it as to-read
Feb 02, 2012
Adam rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Jan 30, 2012
Brian rated it: 3 of 5 stars
Jan 28, 2012
Joseph marked it as to-read
Jan 25, 2012
Kstrouss rated it: 3 of 5 stars
Jan 24, 2012
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Jan 24, 2012
Stephen rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Jan 20, 2012
Sami marked it as to-read
Jan 17, 2012
Elizabeth rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Jan 14, 2012
Brett marked it as to-read
Jan 12, 2012
Fricka rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Jan 09, 2012
Michael marked it as to-read
Jan 09, 2012
Jan 07, 2012
Readstoclem rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Jan 07, 2012
Will rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Jan 05, 2012
Drew rated it: 3 of 5 stars
Jan 04, 2012
Justin marked it as to-read
Jan 03, 2012
Corey rated it: 3 of 5 stars
Dec 29, 2011
Tim marked it as to-read