The Lust Lizard Of Melancholy Cove

The Lust Lizard Of Melancholy Cove

1999 • 320 pages

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Average rating3.8

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The town psychiatrist has decided to switch everybody in Pine Cove, California, from their normal antidepressants to placebos, so naturally -- well, to be accurate, artificially -- business is booming at the local blues bar. Trouble is, those lonely slide-guitar notes have also attracted a colossal sea beast named Steve with, shall we say, a thing for explosive oil tanker trucks. Suddenly, morose Pine Cove turns libidinous and is hit by a mysterious crime wave, and a beleaguered constable has to fight off his own gonzo appetites to find out what's wrong and what, if anything, to do about it.

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Pine Cove is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 1992 with contributions by Christopher Moore.

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silly.

December 31, 2022

Funny in spots and feels like a send up of King Kong, Christopher Moore-style, but it never really took off for me. Fans of Mr. Moore won't be disappointed, but they won't be blown away either.

July 29, 2010