Callahan's Con
Jake Stonebender's bar in Key West gets a visit from mafioso Tony Donuts, who is looking for "protection money". Jake and the barflies have other challenges as well, as when Jake's wife is suddenly lost in a space-time continuum... Publishers Weekly says, "Blend a madcap plot involving the legendary Fountain of Youth with a zany cast of barflies, garnish with a thin SF twist, and you've got the ingredients for the latest frothy concoction in Hugo-winner Robinson's (Callahan's Key) multivolume tall tale."
"The wordplay flies fast and funny as always in a Callahan's romp, and the characters, regular and new, are pretty darn amusing. "
- Booklist
"If one were given the task of creating Spider Robinson from scratch, the best way to do it would be to snatch James Joyce from history, force-feed him Marx Brothers films and good jazz for the better part of a decade, then turn him loose on a world badly in need of a look at itself."
- The Vancouver Sun
�Nobody�s perfect, but Spider comes pretty damned close.�
- Ben Bova
"Robinson's creative imagination is admirable."
- Publishers Weekly
1103166762
"The wordplay flies fast and funny as always in a Callahan's romp, and the characters, regular and new, are pretty darn amusing. "
- Booklist
"If one were given the task of creating Spider Robinson from scratch, the best way to do it would be to snatch James Joyce from history, force-feed him Marx Brothers films and good jazz for the better part of a decade, then turn him loose on a world badly in need of a look at itself."
- The Vancouver Sun
�Nobody�s perfect, but Spider comes pretty damned close.�
- Ben Bova
"Robinson's creative imagination is admirable."
- Publishers Weekly
Callahan's Con
Jake Stonebender's bar in Key West gets a visit from mafioso Tony Donuts, who is looking for "protection money". Jake and the barflies have other challenges as well, as when Jake's wife is suddenly lost in a space-time continuum... Publishers Weekly says, "Blend a madcap plot involving the legendary Fountain of Youth with a zany cast of barflies, garnish with a thin SF twist, and you've got the ingredients for the latest frothy concoction in Hugo-winner Robinson's (Callahan's Key) multivolume tall tale."
"The wordplay flies fast and funny as always in a Callahan's romp, and the characters, regular and new, are pretty darn amusing. "
- Booklist
"If one were given the task of creating Spider Robinson from scratch, the best way to do it would be to snatch James Joyce from history, force-feed him Marx Brothers films and good jazz for the better part of a decade, then turn him loose on a world badly in need of a look at itself."
- The Vancouver Sun
�Nobody�s perfect, but Spider comes pretty damned close.�
- Ben Bova
"Robinson's creative imagination is admirable."
- Publishers Weekly
"The wordplay flies fast and funny as always in a Callahan's romp, and the characters, regular and new, are pretty darn amusing. "
- Booklist
"If one were given the task of creating Spider Robinson from scratch, the best way to do it would be to snatch James Joyce from history, force-feed him Marx Brothers films and good jazz for the better part of a decade, then turn him loose on a world badly in need of a look at itself."
- The Vancouver Sun
�Nobody�s perfect, but Spider comes pretty damned close.�
- Ben Bova
"Robinson's creative imagination is admirable."
- Publishers Weekly
6.99
In Stock
5
1
Callahan's Con
Callahan's Con
Related collections and offers
6.99
In Stock
Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940012894649 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Spectrum Literary Agency, Inc. |
| Publication date: | 06/20/2011 |
| Series: | Spider Robinson's Callahan Series |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 366 KB |
About the Author
From the B&N Reads Blog