Enormity Could Be HUGE

ENORMITY by W.G. Marshall (to be released February, 2012 by Night Shade Books / 280 pp / tp)


Manny Lopes is an American working in Korea, is sort-of married and is sort-of having an affair with a co-worker.  One day an accidental (or is it?) quantum explosion occurs, turning Manny into the size of a mountain...one of the BIGGEST characters ever to appear in a novel.


While Korea is dealing with him (every step he takes causes tsunamis and destroys entire towns), a second giant is spotted near Japan.  It turns out she's a North Korean assassin named Yoon-sook, who worships The Wizard of Oz, and as Manny goes to meet up with her, her government makes her change course for the United States.  Manny's allies manage to hook up to his ear drum and speak with him, guiding him on his cross-planet trek.


Manny and Yoon-sook meet up in an odd confrontation at the Grand Canyon; Manny tries to convice her that since they're the only two giants on the planet, they should unite.  His sweet talking leads to one of the more bizarre sex scenes in recent memory, although Yoon-sook uses it to her advantage.


With another strange creature emerging from this unusual meeting, some great side characters, dark humor and plenty of social commentary, ENORMITY is a fun homage to the sci-fi creature features of the 50s.  The detail that Marshall gives in explaining what such a large person might be like (from the aforementioned walking effects down to the germs on his skin) makes this quite an imaginative read, and one you'll whiz through in no time.  KUDOS for a politically incorrect Muslim named Salim Ali, who rides inside Yook-sook's ear and does something that might have Islamic groups up in arms...yet I laughed my ass off.


Don't miss this.