Slaves of Spiegel: A Magic Moscow Story

By Daniel Pinkwater

Book Overview

Upon descending on Hoboken's most exclusive restaurant, The Magic Moscow, and tasting chef Steve Nickleson's culinary masterpiece, the sugar vampires instantly decide Steve must be Earth's contestant... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0590077538
• ISBN13: 9780590077538
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: Four Winds Press
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Blimpish space pirates & interstellar cooking competitions

Ever since my grade-school days, I've been a follower of Daniel Pinkwater's 'Magic Moscow' books. `Slaves of Spiegel', the third and (so far) last book in the saga of Hoboken's most unusual fast-food joint, contains more than its fair share of that trademark droll weirdness and strange culinary combinations that I've come to expect from the 'Magic Moscow' series as well as most of Pinkwater's other books geared towards grade-school children and adults who enjoy a nice, whimsical light read. Fair warning, though: some may find the book's somewhat un-PC portrayal of fat people less than savory. Personally, I think it really adds some good fun to the story. Before you decide to dive into this particular adventure, however, I recommend you bone up on some of the backstory behind this book first, including `The Magic Moscow', `Attila the Pun', and `Fat men From Space'. Happy reading!`Late

Great swirling onion rings!

Norman, Steve, and their Hoboken-based greasy spoon/health food wannabe restauraunt The Magic Moscow are kidnapped by fat men from space in polyester leisure suits and forced to participate in a Universal contest to determine the greatest junk food cook of all time. Aliens, savage ducks, white vinyl shoes, trash compactors filled with ice cream and bean sprouts, 200 tons of bright blue garlic, inept local authorities, and potato pancakes, what more of a recommendation do you need? Let's hear it for Pinkwater, weirdest of the weird!