Island of the Sequined Love Nun
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| Author | Christopher Moore |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Romance, Comedy |
| Publisher | Avon |
| Released | 1997 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 325 pp. |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-06-073544-9 |
| Preceded by | Bloodsucking Fiends |
| Followed by | The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove |
Island of the Sequined Love Nun (ISBN 0-06-073544-9) is the fourth novel by absurdist author Christopher Moore, published in 1997. It is based partly on the author's own personal experiences in Micronesia.
[edit] Plot
The main character, Tuck (Tucker Case), a pilot for a cosmetics company, crashes the company plane while making love. Although this event causes Tuck to be blacklisted from flying in the States, he receives and accepts a lucrative offer from a doctor-missionary on a remote Micronesian island to transport cargo to and from Japan. Along with a male Filipino transvestite navigator and a talking fruit bat, Tuck moves to the island, where he eventually uncovers a horrible secret harbored by the doctor and his wife, who have taken advantage of fact that the natives of the island have fallen under the influence of a cargo cult that developed as a result of establishment by Allies of an air runway there during World War II. Tuck's shock at the gruesome immorality of the situation leads to a tremendously adventurous and suspenseful climax.
[edit] Trivia
- The characters of Tuck and Roberto (the talking fruit bat) return in the author's later novel, The Stupidest Angel.
- Moore borrowed the title of one of the chapters of the novel from a short story he had written in 1987, "Our Lady of the Fishnet Stockings"
