Frank H. (perryfran) reviewed on 9/20/2019 + 1223 more book reviews

I have read a few of Moore's other novels and they are always humorous and over the top. This one was no exception with many instances of laugh out loud funny moments. Tucker Case makes a living by piloting a pink jet for his boss, Mary Jean, who owns a pyramidal cosmetics company. But then on the urging of a prostitute he picks up in a bar, he takes the plane on an unauthorized flight so the girl can be a member of the "mile high" club. Tucker is drunk and the result is a crash which demolishes the plane and almost turns Tucker into a eunuch! Well Tucker is now on the lam and accepts an offer from a purported missionary to pilot a Lear jet to get medical supplies on a remote island in the Pacific named Alualu. On the way to the island, Tucker meets a cross-dressing Filipino navigator, Kimi, and his pet fruit bat that wears sunglasses and also talks. Upon arrival on the island he and Kimi are captured and almost eaten by the local cannibal. Then after getting loose, he meets his employer who is really not the missionary as advertised. He and wife have the island population under their spell with the wife pretending to be the "Sky Priestess" of the "cargo cult" -- the religion practiced by the natives. Tucker also meets up with the ghost of a WWII aviator who helps guide him on this misadventure. So what is really going on with the missionary and his wife and how are they able to get so much money to fund their activities on the island and to buy a Lear jet? And why does the couple have machine-gun carrying Japanese "ninjas" guarding the compound?

This was a really enjoyable read and I'm looking forward to more by Moore. I have a few of his other novels on my TBR stack that I hope to get to soon.

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