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Bad Monkeys by Matt Ruff

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Bad Monkeys

Matt Ruff

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · July 24, 2007

Reading lane: Sci-Fi Crime

A Fiction pick for readers exploring Bad Monkeys.

At a Glance

Why This Clicks

Crime, With Questions

A murder confession meets secret-organization intrigue, with reality and moral certainty kept intriguingly unsettled.

Come here for

  • Secret-organization intrigue filtered through a psychiatric evaluation
  • Crime fiction with reality and moral certainty in play

Expect

  • Unexpected turns alongside teasing existential questions
  • Quick-moving prose with a mischievous edge

Book Details

Authors
Matt Ruff
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
July 24, 2007
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Sci-Fi Crime · Supernatural Thrillers
Reading lane
Sci-Fi Crime

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  • American Plays

  • Spy Fiction

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  • Fantasy Adventure

  • Horror

  • Literary Fiction

About This Book

&#8220Bad Monkeys has wit and imagination by the bucketload. . . . Buy it, read it, memorize then destroy it. There are eyes everywhere.&#8221 —Chris Moore, bestselling author of A Dirty Job and Lamb Jane Charlotte has been arrested for murder. She tells police that she is a member of a secret organization devoted to fighting evil; her division is called the Department for the Final Disposition of Irredeemable Persons—&#8220Bad Monkeys&#8221 for short. This confession earns...

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&#8220Bad Monkeys has wit and imagination by the bucketload. . . . Buy it, read it, memorize then destroy it. There are eyes everywhere.&#8221 —Chris Moore, bestselling author of A Dirty Job and Lamb Jane Charlotte has been arrested for murder. She tells police that she is a member of a secret organization devoted to fighting evil; her division is called the Department for the Final Disposition of Irredeemable Persons—&#8220Bad Monkeys&#8221 for short. This confession earns Jane a trip to the jail’s psychiatric wing, where a doctor attempts to determine whether she is lying, crazy, or playing a different game altogether. Clever and gripping, full of unexpected twists and turns, teasing existential musings, and captivating prose, Bad Monkeys unfolds at lightning speed, taking readers to another realm of imagination.

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