The Four Fingers of Death (Hardcover)

from railarson

Somewhere in the 725-page sprawl of Rick Moody's latest novel is a good quirky science fiction story screaming to get out; unfortunately for everyone, he smothers it in a meta-fiction construct of a novel within a novel within a bunch of crap. Moody sets out telling the story of Montese Crandall...

from mabroms

A mindless, manic (and occasionally very funny) romp but.... when you take a look back you notice fairly profound statements on urgent matters of the day including teenage angst and ennui, homelessness, the (latest) conspiracy of the military/industrial complex, chronic unemployment, survivalism ...

from BillPilgrim

I greatly enjoyed the book. But, like most humorous fiction, the degree to which anyone will enjoy it depends on whether or not you share the author's sense of humor. Moody's humor is often subtle, and ridiculous, but it had just the right tone for me, especially in the second part of the book wi...

from

The dad trying to be cool with the kids. That is what Rick Moody was doing when he wrote this.

from Mrs_McGreevy

An odd book that I just couldn't let go of.Part 1 is the introduction of Montese Crandall, who has written a novelization of the 50s horror movie The Crawling Hand. Part two is book one of that novelization, and occurs entirely before the events in the movie take place. Part 3 is the novelization...