The Disappearance of Gregory Pluckrose
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- Synopsis
- &“Let me make clear from the outset, I detest adventure. It&’s tasteless, showy, vulgar, and uncalled for.&” So begins this delicious thriller about a gay interior decorator who joins his super-wealthy clients for a Caribbean cruise, only to find himself shanghaied by pirates. Bound hand and foot and tossed unceremoniously into a quaint, Paul Gauguin sort of hut picturesquely thatched with banana leaves, Gregory fears he will be boiled à la langouste and served without so much as a creative sauce. But one night, as he lies in the dark with his face in the dirt, he hears a digging, snooting sound coming from the ground outside . . . Enter the most endearing sidekick in fiction, the brave pig Savarin. High adventure is turned on its head in this affectionate satire of yuppie values. &“It is as if Oscar Wilde had been parachuted into the jungle,&” says the New York Times. &“You will find yourself picking out and stowing away your favorite lines. There are enough twists in the story to make a yogi sore. Under the spell of Gundy&’s droll and accomplished prose you will end up smiling through the whole thing.&”
- Copyright:
- 1985
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 202 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781497624917
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781497638143
- Publisher:
- Open Road Media
- Date of Addition:
- 11/27/24
- Copyrighted By:
- Elizabeth Gundy.
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender, Humor
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.