Bloodsucking Fiends
by Christopher Moore
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Author: Christopher MooreEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-06-01
ISBN: 0060735414
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
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Book Review: What to do with your undead girlfriend....
Summary: 5 Stars
For those reading this review who haven't had the opportunity to come across Christopher Moore in his other outings a little background may be useful. Christopher Moore has been characterized as a "cult" author of what has been termed as "absurdist fiction." Now, clearly, when anyone uses the word "cult" to describe something that I subsribe to, then I start to get a little concerned about the future safety and well-being of me and my family. But, in this case, I think its quite okay to be part of an ever expanding cult of Moore readers.
Absurdist fiction, while a rather vague characertization, roughly sums up what Moore is all about. His other offerings, Practical Demonkeeping, the Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove and Lamb offer an interesting perspective on the more stickier aspects of befriending a demon, conjouring forth a sex-starved ancient lizard of the Pacific, and being J.C.'s childhood pal, respectively. Thus, armed with this background, it is no small surprise that Moore finds himself devling into the world of the undead in Bloodsucking Fiends.
In this novel, chronologically the third of Moore's eleven novels, C. Thomas Flood (the "C" added for hip factor) is an aspiring novelist from Indiana who comes to San Franscisco seeking literary inspiration when he happens to meet up with Jody; a newly inducted vampire. Its your basic story of small town, midwestern boy, meets big-city vampira and love ensues. Well, maybe not so basic, but the fact remains that the big-city vampira needs a day walker to assist her in the stickier points of being undead, such as finding a windowless bedroomed apartment.
The story begins with Jody, after being attacked, awakens to find herself under a dumpster, armed with a wad of cash, a seriously burnt hand, heigtened senses and increbible strength. It doesn't take long for her to realize that her attacker was really a vampire recruitier. Jody, being newly undead and all, is still trying to make sense of her new "life" and adjust to a schedule dicated by sunrise/sunset, as well as coming to terms with her near immortality, when she meets Tommy and sees an opportunity to fill the recently open position of "minion." Tommy, on the other hand, is busy trying to find authorial inspiration in the new City, avoiding marriage proposals from his Chinese roommates, and ascending to the throne of turkey bowling champion, when Jody becomes the all-meaningful first relationship in his life. All seems to be progressing, until blood-drained bodies start popping up around the City. Now its up to Jody, Tommy and his wanton band of turkey-bowling, night stocking buddies to find out whose behind the attacks before one of them becomes the next victim.
All in all, while not a literary masterpiece tome on the same plane as, say, War and Peace, Bloodsucking Fiends, like other Moore novels, is fun, absurd and downright hilarious! Dialogue and an interesting perspective on common, everyday occurences is what sets Moore apart from contemporary novelists, and this novel is no departure. Pick-up, read and enjoy!
Summary of Bloodsucking Fiends
Jody never asked to become a vampire. But when she wakes up under an alley Dumpster with a badly burned arm, an aching neck, superhuman strength, and a distinctly Nosferatuan thirst, she realizes the decision has been made for her.
Making the transition from the nine-to-five grind to an eternity of nocturnal prowlings is going to take some doing, however, and that's where C. Thomas Flood fits in. A would-be Kerouac from Incontinence, Indiana, Tommy (to his friends) is biding his time night-clerking and frozen-turkey bowling in a San Francisco Safeway. But all that changes when a beautiful undead redhead walks through the door ... and proceeds to rock Tommy's life -- and afterlife -- in ways he never imagined possible.
Here's something different: a vampire novel that's light, funny, and not at all hackneyed. Between scenes of punks bowling frozen turkeys on the graveyard shift in a supermarket, or snapping turtles loose in a loft and gnawing on designer shoes, this novel has comic charm to spare. But it also packs an appealingly downbeat message about the consumer culture: Becoming a vampire has given the twentysomething heroine "a crampless case of rattlesnake PMS"--a grumpy mood in which she realizes that she can dress to the nines as a "Donner Party Barbie" and still end up disillusioned and unhappy, just another slacker doing her own laundry and watching sucky TV 'til the sun rises.
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