From the bestselling author of Thank You for Smoking and Make
Russia Great Again comes a comic tour de force, the story of one
man's "lively and funny" (New York Journal of Books) journey
through lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic. During the pandemic,
an aging screenwriter is holed up in a coastal South Carolina town
with his beloved second wife, Peaches. He's been binge-eating for a
year and developed a notable rapport with the local fast-food chain
Hippo King. He struggles to work--on a ludicrous screenplay about a
Nazi attempt to kidnap FDR and, naturally, an article for Etymology
Today on English words of Carthaginian origin. He's told Peaches so
often about the origins of the word mayonnaise that she's developed
an aversion to using the condiment. He thinks he has Covid. His
wife thinks he is losing his mind. In short, your typical pandemic
worries. Things were going from bad to worse even before his doctor
suggested a battery of brain tests. He knows what that means:
dementia! But even in these scary times, there are plenty of things
to do to distract him. His iPhone is fat-shaming him. He's. been
trying to read Proust and thinks the French novelist missed his
true calling as a parfumier. And he's discovered nefarious Russian
influence on the local coroner's face. Why is Putin so keen to
control who decides who died peacefully and who by foul play in
Pimento County. Could it be the local military base? Has Anyone
Seen My Toes? is a "laugh-out-loud" (Publishers Weekly) romp
through a time that has been anything but funny.
General
Imprint: |
Simon & Schuster
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
June 2023 |
Authors: |
Christopher Buckley
|
Dimensions: |
213 x 140 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
288 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-982198-05-3 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-982198-05-2 |
Barcode: |
9781982198053 |
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