Bad Book [Kindle Edition]

K. S. Brooks (Author), Stephen Hise (Author), JD Mader (Author)

Book Description

The name’s Case. Just Case, that’s all. No first name. He is a man among men and therefore only one name is sufficient. Women want to smack him – men want to smack him, too, just harder. Join Case on his epic travels through multiple literary genres as he ruins horror, space-adventure, noir detective, spy-thriller, westerns, classics of literature, pop culture icons and more with his own unique panache. Never before has a spoof conquered so much with so little.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

K.S. Brooks is an award-winning novelist and photographer, author of nine books, and Co-Administrator of Indies Unlimited. Her first novel, Lust for Danger, won Honorable Mention in the Jada Press Book of the Year Awards for Brooks, as well as a spot in the "Next Big Thing" tent at the Baltimore Book Festival in Baltimore, Maryland. Brooks' feature articles, poetry, and photography have appeared in magazines, newspapers, books and other publications both in the U.S. and abroad. Brooks devotes her time to writing action-adventure thrillers, romantic suspense novels, and children's books which promote outdoor learning and literacy.
 
Stephen Hise is the founder and co-administrator of Indies Unlimited. An avid supporter of the indie author movement, he launched the site in October, 2011, as a platform to celebrate independent authors, promote networking among and between authors and readers, and to showcase the dazzling array of talent in the indie author community. Hise is an Arizona-based independent author and consultant. He is the author of the novel, Upgrade, contributor to the short story anthology, Creepier by the Dozen, and collaborating author on the multi-genre satire Bad Book. He is currently involved in multiple collaborative projects with other indie authors.
 
JD Mader hangs his laptop in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is primarily a fiction writer, but also writes nonfiction and music. He began his professional writing career at age 15 as a sportswriter in San Diego. Mader is an award winning short story writer, and recently published his first novel, Joe Café. He was recently recognized as one of the ten Overall Winners in the NYC Midnight Flash Fiction Contest. His new novel, The Biker, is out now.

Product Details

• File Size: 373 KB
• Print Length: 151 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1475267754
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B007SAVB7G
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Not Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #355,572 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A chillingly refreshing and memorable experience. April 8, 2012

By Rich Meyer

Format:Kindle Edition

People read books every day. And some people are lucky enough to find books that will fill those days with magic. They come along rarely, maybe once in a generation: Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson. Wuthering Heights by that dithering English chick. The Penthouse Forum in the June, 1975 issue. Today, another one of those books enter the here and now. Right here, right now, here and now, now right here now in this time here and now: Bad Book.

It is so hard to encapsulate the feelings that this book brings forth when I read it. True, they may not have been as physically apparent as when I read the June 1975 Penthouse Forum, but they are there. And there was less to clean up. The evocative prose that this trio of talented writers whip up goes beyond mere feelings: This writing gets you right there. No, up a bit. No, not that far, that's your Adam's Apple, you idiot. Point at the area between your man-boobs. Ah yes. That's the spot. The spleen. This book hits you right in the spleen, plucking your heartstrings err spleenstrings.

I don't think I'll be spoiling anything by telling you the butler did it. Oh, hell. No, it wasn't the butler. It was the maid. Err it might've been the maid. It could've been the butler, but it obviously was NOT the butler because that would be a CLICHE. The characterizations in this book are truly wonderful, cut from the finest cardboard that you can scrounge from a dumpster behind Home Depot. The dialogue, oh the expressive dialogue. Imagine, if you will, the flowing words of Robert Frost if they were spoken in the dulcet tones of Snooki after five or six pitchers of strawberry margaritas. That is what makes this book truly live in the spleens and minds of the world! Or at least the people who had a dollar left on their debit cards after a night of debauched barhopping.

The three minds that combined to create this masterpiece: Ms. Brooks, Mr. Mader and Mr. Hise - what can be said about them that hasn't already been noted in dozens of police reports and court proceeding transcripts? They have truly hit the mark with this entrancing novel of life, death, birth and infinity! No, that's Ben Casey. Sorry, I often get them confused. To put it bluntly, and in words I know they'll understand: Dem rite gud.

So in short, Bad Book, is a fine book. Real fine. Pam Grier in the seventies fine. Buy it. Read it. Experience it. Your spleen will be glad you did. And maybe even your gall bladder, too.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Bad Book - a Review April 9, 2012

By Yvonne Hertzberger

Format:Kindle Edition

For me to find a book humorous it has to be clever, witty and original. It takes a lot to make me laugh - a lot. So take my word for it. "Bad Book" is bad (wicked, bitchin' -well you get my drift.) My eyes are sore from rolling up into my head, my mouth is stiff from exercising all the muscles it takes to keep smiling. I chuckled. I even laughed out loud. It is hilarious and totally irreverent.

When three writers decide to collaborate on a book the question that comes to mind is "Will it be easy to pick out who wrote what"? This is especially so when that book is meant to be humorous. Even though I am somewhat familiar with two of these authors I honestly could not tell when they switched. It is seamless.

The story follows Case (just Case) a P.I. His only real aim is to get his, ahem, overactive libido, and, um, swollen ego stroked. With tongues firmly planted in a trio of cheeks the writers throw Case into a situation that parodies every book, movie or TV series you have come across. Nothing is sacred. Every chapter treats us to double entendres , witty satire and clever plays on words. If there are more ways to spoof sex, male ego, and the human anatomy I don't know what they are.

Bad Book is a light-hearted escape from all that serves as serious entertainment, be it read, heard or seen, from the classics to the present. Don't read it unless you expect to snort, roll your eyes, shake your head, grin, chuckle or guffaw. Try to stay serious. I dare you.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Rollicking good fun! April 8, 2012

By Beeshon

Format:Kindle Edition

If you ever thought that a collaboration between three authors might be a dodgy, even risky, enterprise, think again. Put three gifted, funny, witty, and clever authors together, and you get an utter gem of a book.

There's a clue in the title - it is a baaaaad book; it's rollicking good fun and laugh-out-loud hilarious. Don't say I didn't warn you.

Our hero, Case, is - well, he's really just your typical, run-of-the-mill hitch-hiker of literary genres and he glides from one to the other, hopefully, optimistically, sometimes painfully, and he finds himself traversing horror, sci-fi, and westerns, to name but a few, always cheekily, saucily and a little bit tongue-in-cheek. To say you'll get mouth-ache from a permanent grin on your face is an understatement of an understatement.

Brooks, Hise and Mader complement each other to a tee and bring to the table their individual brand of humour, satire, and whimsicality and seamlessly braid their talents into a masterpiece.

Case tickled my fancy from start to finish and the end of the book came with disappointment. Where was I going to get my permagrin from now?

Excellent - highly recommended.