The Fat Man: A Tale of North Pole Noir

from purlewe

This was a great take on a noir book. Using a very liberal dosing of Holiday Hijinks and language. I found this very amusing and humorous. I could have done with a little less hitting over the head with Jesus, but I liked the use of language so much it made up for it.

from bell7

Gumdrop Coal, the elf that delivers coal to bad boys and girls, finds himself out of a job and on the run after he's accused of killing off one of the former bad kids, now a parent himself. To clear his name, he'll travel all around Kringle Town to figure out whodunit in this Christmas-y noir tal...

from sriemann

A very cool (pardon the pun) combination of Thin Man style writing and plot with any and all of the characters you can think of that appear during Christmas. Part of the fun of the book was encountering someone/something else that you see/hear at Christmastime in a completely different way than y...

from clfisha

Schmaltzy, weird morality, overly cute Christmassy, “noir” tale. Look it started out well: World weary and grumpy elf that runs coal patrol for naughty kids gets caught up in a dastardly conspiracy. Noir tropes collide with every Christmas story going and whilst maybe too cute it was a bit of ho...

from ecataldi

Full of hilarious puns and Christmas jokes. After a while it wears a little thin but it's all in good fun. It's amazing how author, Ken Harmon, is able to combine soo many elements of holiday lore into such a wild tale of noir. Gumdrop Coal is our hero, or rather, anti-hero. He's the leader of th...