Bad Monkeys
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · July 24, 2007
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- Who it’s for
- A murder confession meets secret-organization intrigue, with reality and moral certainty kept intriguingly unsettled.
- Themes
- Secret organization fighting evil, Uncertainty about truth and sanity, Existential questions
- Pacing
- Fast
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“Bad Monkeys has wit and imagination by the bucketload. . . . Buy it, read it, memorize then destroy it. There are eyes everywhere.” —Chris Moore, bestselling author of A Dirty Job and Lamb Jane Charlotte has been arrested for murder. She tells police that she is a member of a secret organization devoted to fighting evil; her division is called the Department for the Final Disposition of Irredeemable Persons—“Bad Monkeys” for short.
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This confession earns Jane a trip to the jail’s psychiatric wing, where a doctor attempts to determine whether she is lying, crazy, or playing a different game altogether. Clever and gripping, full of unexpected twists and turns, teasing existential musings, and captivating prose, Bad Monkeys unfolds at lightning speed, taking readers to another realm of imagination.
Crime, With Questions
A murder confession meets secret-organization intrigue, with reality and moral certainty kept intriguingly unsettled.
Come here for
- Secret-organization intrigue filtered through a psychiatric evaluation
- Crime fiction with reality and moral certainty in play
Expect
- Unexpected turns alongside teasing existential questions
- Quick-moving prose with a mischievous edge
Where it sits
| Sci-Fi Crime | 25% |
|---|---|
| Thrillers | 21% |
| Funny Fiction | 15% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- American Plays
- Spy Fiction
- Contemporary Fantasy
- Urban Fantasy
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- Dark Fantasy
- Fantasy Adventure
- Horror
- Literary Fiction
- Authors
- Matt Ruff
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- July 24, 2007
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Secret organization fighting evil · Uncertainty about truth and sanity · Existential questions
- Reading lane
- American Plays