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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Loving and Touching Tribute to the Big Apple,
By Bookreporter (New York, New York) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Moon Over Manhattan: Mystery and Mayhem (Hardcover)
Larry King? The talk show guy? Wrote a mystery? Oh yeah --- and it reads like he had a ball doing it. The main guy is hip liberal talk show host Arthur Vandermeer, who resembles Mr. King in many respects. But if the famed TV host of Larry King Live is half the hypochondriac his creation is, he'd barely be able to get out of bed in the morning.Larry Moon, a right-wing tabloid newspaper columnist, is pulled in as a last minute replacement to interview his nemesis, Vandermeer, for a fluff piece on spectacular views of the Manhattan skyline. Moon, whose career is nosediving, was angling for a front-page byline with a big star, but this doesn't sound like what he had in mind. Then he falls into an exclusive when Vandermeer's daughter, Allison, who knows how to push her father's buttons, announces while Moon is at the house that she's going to elope with Goonie, a kid from the projects. But she ends up missing, and Vandermeer, fearing a kidnapping, is distraught. Some other New York types enter the story in a mirthful mix-up --- a monosyllabic private eye who hates the Disneyfication of Times Square; a hotel doorman from Queens with grandiose plans to strike it rich; throw in a madam, a pint-sized madman brawler and a befuddled, idea-a-minute media magnate and you have a Manhattan cocktail of mayhem. In a Runyonesque tribute to the spirit of the characters who inhabit the Big Apple, King states in a forward that he hopes the love, admiration and affection he and his co-writer Tom Cook have for New York and its people shine through. It most certainly does! --- Reviewed by Roz Shea
7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
New York, New York...A Helluva Town...,
By A Customer
This review is from: Moon Over Manhattan: Mystery and Mayhem (Hardcover)
As a born and bred New Yorker who now lives far away...my heart still belongs to my birthplace. Larry King and Tom Cook have truly written a valentine to the city I love so much. Wow! Larry King, Tom Cook and New York...three great ingredients...mix them togther and you get a fantastic read! I loved this book! After all the sturm und drang of these past few years, finally something I could laugh out loud at! It's not just light-hearted...it's really smart and timely too. And it's certainly not just for New Yorkers!
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Quite Possibly the Worst Book I Have Ever Read,
By A Customer
This review is from: Moon Over Manhattan (Mass Market Paperback)
This book isn't a farce, it's just silly. It's not funny, it's insipid. The writing is poor. The characters are charicatures. The plot is non-existant. My respect for Larry King is gone.
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