No Time Like Show Time | |
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2004 first edition |
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Author(s) | Michael Hoeye |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre(s) | Children's novel |
Publisher | Speak, a division of Penguin Putnam |
Publication date | 10 July 2004 |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Pages | 288 pp |
ISBN | 0-670-91308-1 |
OCLC Number | 60512513 |
Preceded by | The Sands of Time |
Followed by | Time to Smell the Roses |
No Time Like Show Time is the third book in the Hermux Tantamoq series of books written by Michael Hoeye, which includes Time Stops for No Mouse,The Sands of Time, and Time to Smell the Roses.
Hermux is back in Pinchester after his adventures in the desert, trying to return to his normal life as a watchmaker. He receives a mysterious invitation to the Varmint Variety Theater from the impresario, Fluster Varmint. Fluster is being blackmailed and needs Hermux's help to save his theatre. But show business is a whole new world of weirdness for our modest hero. Hermux ends up saving the show and finding out who black mailed Fluster.
There is a character nicknamed "Parrot of 1,000 Voices",which may be a reference to Mel Blanc.