| The Good Humor Man: Or, Calorie 3501 Contributor(s): Fox, Andrew (Author) |
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ISBN: 1892391856 ISBN-13: 9781892391858 Publisher: Tachyon Publications OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Science Fiction - General - Fiction | Fantasy - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.53" W x 8.48" (0.66 lbs) 282 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this satiric romp inspired by Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, set in 2041, government-sanctioned vigilantes?the Good Humor Men?ruthlessly patrol the streets, immolating all fattening food products as illegal contraband. A pound of real chocolate is worth more on the black market than a kilo of cocaine. Evil ?nutraceutical" company MannaSantos controls the food market with genetically modified products, such as ?Leanie Lean" meats. But the craze for svelte healthfulness has reached a critical turning point, as a mysterious wasting plague threatens to starve all of humanity. A lone ex-plastic surgeon and founding Good Humor Man, whose father performed a secret liposuction surgery on Elvis Presley, holds the key to humanity's future. In a mad dash to retrieve his family heirloom?the mortal remains of the King's belly fat?Dr. Louis Shmalzberg becomes entangled with a civil servant of questionable motives, an acquisitive assassin from a wealthy Caliphate, a power-mad preacher evangelizing anorexia, a beautiful young woman addicted to liposuction, and a homicidal clone from a MannaSantos experiment gone terribly wrong. Can Elvis save the world sixty-four years after his death? |