Good Humor Man: Or, Calorie 3501 (eBook)

Or, Calorie 3501

Andrew Fox (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2009
282 Seiten
Tachyon Publications (Verlag)
978-1-61696-075-9 (ISBN)

Infos

In this satiric romp inspired by Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, set in 2041, government-sanctioned vigilantes the Good Humor Men ruthlessly patrol the streets, immolating all fattening food products as illegal contraband. A pound of real chocolate is worth more on the black market than a kilo of cocaine. Evil 'nutraceutical' company MannaSantos controls the food market with genetically modified products, such as 'Leanie Lean' meats. But the craze for svelte healthfulness has reached a critical turning point, as a mysterious wasting plague threatens to starve all of humanity.A lone ex-plastic surgeon and founding Good Humor Man, whose father performed a secret liposuction surgery on Elvis Presley, holds the key to humanity's future. In a mad dash to retrieve his family heirloom the mortal remains of the King's belly fat Dr. Louis Shmalzberg becomes entangled with a civil servant of questionable motives, an acquisitive assassin from a wealthy Caliphate, a power-mad preacher evangelizing anorexia, a beautiful young woman addicted to liposuction, and a homicidal clone from a MannaSantos experiment gone terribly wrong.Can Elvis save the world sixty-four years after his death?

Autor

Andrew Fox is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Fat White Vampire Blues, described as Ann Rice meets A Confederacy of Dunces.” Fox has been employed as a mime, public-safety advocate, playwright, and, after Hurricane Katrina, a part of FEMA’s Gulf Coast Recovery Office. His influences include Marvel Comics, Planet of the Apes movies, and Ray Bradbury novels.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.4.2009
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Fantasy
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Science Fiction
• ISBN-10: 1-61696-075-2 / 1616960752
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61696-075-9 / 9781616960759