{"id":413,"date":"2005-02-03T07:24:55","date_gmt":"2005-02-03T13:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fantasist.net\/scroll\/?p=413"},"modified":"2005-02-01T10:25:23","modified_gmt":"2005-02-01T16:25:23","slug":"review-the-lust-lizard-of-melancholy-cove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fantasist.net\/scroll\/index.php\/2005\/02\/03\/review-the-lust-lizard-of-melancholy-cove\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove"},"content":{"rendered":"

Okay, so I’ve been reading a lot of Christopher Moore lately!
\nIt’s the upside to travelling for work, actually, having all that time to read on the plane or in airports. I took advantage of it to read another delightful tale by Moore, titled The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove<\/a>. Obviously, the story is about a large lizard, but it’s not quite what you might think. It’s actually a love story.
\nThe story follows the antics of Moore’s favorite fictional town as the local psychiatrist decides to make up for past apathy by putting all her patients on sugar-pills instead of their regular medication. Throw in a giant sea-lizard, a hidden drug lab, a Mississippi Blues man, and a former B-movie star and you get classic Moore. This time around we get to see some old friends from Practical Demonkeeping<\/a>, too, like Howard Phillips, occult owner of the local diner and “The Hammer\/Nailgun”, super-geek police computer specialist and source of lots of interesting information. Oddly enough, the main “love story” is between the fallen movie star and the sea-creature. Though, there are actually several love stories going on all at once. There’s a little bit of everything in The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove<\/a> and so many sub-plots it’ll make your head spin. But, in a good way.<\/p>\n

And again, there’s that underlying current of a spiritual search. A search for meaning and love in a sad, drab world. Surprisingly, despite opening with an apparent suicide and lots of mental anguish, including a somewhat dark look at psychotherapy, it’s really an upbeat and fun book. As always, Moore manages to tie everything together and end on a rather happy note. Again, The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove<\/a> is a great book, like everything by Christopher Moore, and I cannot reccomend it enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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