Latex Monkey with Banana

By Jonathan Worlde

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0972262407
• ISBN13: 9780972262408
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: 21st Century Publishing
• Length: 233 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Don't Bend Over in Front of the Saxophone...

A delightful literary romp, which should only be undertaken after fortifying oneself with a dash of Pepto Bismal and some Cheez Whiz. Protaganist Sharkey's musings make the misogynistic lyrics of gangsta rap read like a gentle bedtime story from Mum. Is Ted Kennedy really hung like a horse? Is the Holy Grail hidden in Ethiopia? Did Antonio Banderas really take it up the ass in that early Almodovar movie? While you may not find the answers to these perennial questions in Latex Monkey, you'll certainly be rewarded with a host of other juicy cocktail party tidbits. Strap yourself in and pick up a copy today.And hey, this book makes a great stocking-stuffer for just about everyone on your Christmas list, Father McKenzie and Grandma excepted.

Immigrant Adventures in Paradise/Inferno

Latex Monkey is pure fantasy rooted in the reality of the immigrant community and jazz music scene of Washington, D.C. The characters and their situations are caricatures and exagerations derived from the streets, clubs, jails and courts of our cosmopolitan national capital. It is reminiscent of the hard-boiled detective literature that arose out of the pulp fiction of the thirties - Dashiel Hammet and Ellerey Queen and Erle Gardner. A violent murder every 10 pages, and a quick witted protagonist who wades through it oblivious, while looking for sex and the next good gig. Sergio (Sharkey) Doremino's callous misanthropy repulses the reader, but through his adventures the attitude is revealed as a simple minded response to a dangerous world with little opportunity for security or pleasure. Sharkey "gets it" whenever he can and succeeds in outwitting the INS, the big-time gangsters and the dirty cops. You'll be cheering for him by the end.