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Forest City Pulp
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Publishers of provocative fiction.
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Motherfucking Wizards: An Erotic Novella About Sexual Wizards
by Leonard Delaney
Price:
$3.99 USD.
Words: 16,360.
Language:
English.
Published: January 13, 2015
by
Forest City Pulp.
Categories:
Fiction » Erotica » Comedy/Humor, Fiction » Humor & comedy » Parody
Peter Harrison is not a wizard. Living in his uncle's basement is not exactly paradise, so he's happy to be whisked away when a white van comes to take him to wizarding school. He’s also pleased to discover that the teachers are all beautiful women, but they have a dark secret, and getting kicked out of school will be the least of Peter’s worries if they find out he’s not a wizard.
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Marvellous Hairy
on May 30, 2011
The copy on the back of Marvellous Hairy bills it as a novel about a man who is turning into a monkey. However, it goes far beyond that. The story revolves around a giant, evil corporation nicknamed Gargantuan Enterprises, the people who want to bring it down, and before you know it, there are ghosts, kidnapping, lizards, sex, and drugs thrown in for good measure. Let me make a confession: I don't find monkeys inherently funny. Their similarity to humans is amusing, sure, but it's been overdone. Given the premise of Marvellous Hairy, I was a bit worried that its humour would rely on the "anything is funny if you mention the word monkey alongside it" school of thought. Luckily, its absurdity is only partially monkey-based, and it delivers some genuine funny. Many scenes had me smirking as hard as I have at any Douglas Adams novel (yeah, just smirking; it takes a lot for me to physically LOL at text). A lot of the books I've reviewed recently, they've been trashily entertaining (see: Charlaine Harris), or had great ideas despite mediocre writing (see: Cory Doctorow). But Rayner is actually a damn good writer. Every paragraph is packed with clever wordplay and subtle allusions. E.g., "He had long greasy black hair that clung to his head like an octopus humping his skull" (ok ok, maybe not always subtle). Not all is warm and fuzzy. The novel could have used some edits; the language can be wordy, the plot takes a while to get going, and a certain subplot doesn't feel like it fully connects with the rest of the story. Also, the quasi-omnipotent first-person narrative is jarring, especially when it needs to be explained, though it does add to the surreal bizarreness of the whole thing. That is where Marvellous Hairy shines: it is such a bizarre barrel of words that you can't help but have fun reading it. Mark Rayner recently tweeted that his next novel may be even sillier, and if that's the case, I can't wait to get my paws on whatever he comes up with.