{"product_id":"bite-me-a-love-story-isbn-9780061945762","title":"Bite Me: A Love Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Christopher Moore is a very sick man, in the very best sense of the word.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Carl Hiaasen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe undead rise again in \u003cem\u003eBite Me, \u003c\/em\u003ethe third book in \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author Christopher Moore’s wonderfully twisted vampire saga. Joining  his farcical gems \u003cem\u003eBloodsucking Fiends \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e You Suck, \u003c\/em\u003eMoore’s latest in continuing story of young, urban, nosferatu style love, is no \u003cem\u003eTwilight\u003c\/em\u003e—but rather a tsunami of the irresistible outrageousness that has earned him the appellation, “Stephen King with a whoopee cushion and a double-espresso imagination” from the \u003cem\u003eAtlanta Journal-Constitution \u003c\/em\u003eand inspired Denver’s \u003cem\u003eRocky Mountain News \u003c\/em\u003eto declare him, “the 21st century’s best satirist.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe city of San Francisco is being stalked by a huge shaved vampyre cat named Chet, and only I, Abby Normal, emergency back-up mistress of the great Bay Area night, and my mangahaired love monkey, Foo Dog, stand between the ravenous monster and a bloody massacre of the general public.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhoa. And this is a love story? Yup. See, while some lovers were born to run, Jody and Tommy were born to bite. Well, reborn, that is, now that they're vampires. Good thing theirs is an undying love, since they're imprisoned in a bronze statue. Their Goth Girl Friday, Abby Normal, wants to be a bloodsucking fiend, too, but right now she's really busy with other stuff like Chet, who's getting bigger and smarter—and thirstier—by the minute.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore you can say \"OMG! WTF?\" Tommy and Jody are sprung from captivity, and join forces with Abby and the entire crew to hunt big cat and save the city. And that's when the fun really begins. \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“If there’s a funnier writer out there, step forward.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Moore’s twisted take on the undead comes as a welcome respite from the recent spate of TV, film and book offerings to bombard us.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEdmonton Journal on BITE ME\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I can’t emphasize enough how funny BITE ME is.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookreporter.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Moore carved a niche in the horror-comedy genre, and anyone with a fiendish sense of humor will love his writing.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFlorida Times-Union on BITE ME\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Moore proves he has few rivals on the humour-opus front with this high-larious romp that just might have driven the final nail into old Nosferatu’s coffin.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOttawa Citizen on BITE ME\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The thinking man’s Dave Barry or the impatient man’s Tom Robbins, Moore takes cheap laughs where he can get them . . . over the last decade, he’s learned how to merge them into speculative romps that skip merrily in and out of the realm of possibility without pausing to notice which side of the line they’re on.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Onion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoore writes with the jittery energy of a brilliant, charming class clown, mixing sex and gore and a potty mouth with a goofy-sweet sensibility to deliver laughs on nearly every page.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Moore’s storytelling style is reminiscent of Vonnegut and Douglas Adams.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Mr. Moore marches to his own little drummer  boy. . . . He is seriously wicked about humor.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJanet Maslin, New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Moore’s most hysterical ‘love story’ to date.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“All [his] books exhibit the same marvelous virtues. Engaging, deftly limned protagonists whose human failings are always offset by surprising moral depths, heroes and villians alike.  Zippy, jet-propelled plots whose parts are intricately connected and whose endings offer genuien surprises. Bright, clean, witty dialogue. Juicy descriptions, similes and metaphors in the hyperbolic mode. Vivid physical settings and cultural milieus, meticulously reported from first-hand experience. . . . And —finally but essentially—ingenious fantasy elements that are integral with the other components of the books, engines of action, not just add-ons.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow Large Print","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44887913595109,"sku":"NP9780061945762","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061945762.jpg?v=1730227721","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/bite-me-a-love-story-isbn-9780061945762","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}