Who P-P-P-Plugged Roger Rabbit? A Hare-Raising Mystery [Hardcover]

Gary K. Wolf (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Wolf's second Toontown mystery is short on inspiration, long on feeble puns and sure to disappoint lovers of Who Framed Roger Rabbitstet no question mark/rl , the animated cartoon adapted from his Who Censored Roger Rabbit? Wolf's frantic prose fails to capture the comic spirit, including the repeal of the laws of physics, that makes animated cartoons so surprising and funny. The plot, such as it is, has addlepated Roger hiring hard-boiled PI Eddie Valiant to investigate a scandal-sheet story pairing impossibly curvaceous Jessica Rabbit with Clark Gable, one of Roger's rivals for the role of Rhett in Selznick's planned musical comedy, Gone with the Wind . Eddie soon suspects Jessica of playing more than pat-a-cakes with Clark. Complications include murder, theft and corruption, but in the end who cares who p-p-p-plugged Rabbit?
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Kirkus Reviews

Wolf's sequel to Who Censured Roger Rabbit?, the basis for the wildly successful film, presents private eye Eddie Valiant with some conflicting jobs: Roger Rabbit wants him to find out whether Clark Gable's beaten him out for the lead in Gone With the Wind--as well as out of wife Jessica's affections; David Selznick wants him to investigate the theft of a mysterious box from his office (the suspects are the three actors auditioning for Rhett Butler: Gable, Baby Herman, and Roger); Gable wants Eddie to find out who's been planting tabloid stories that say he's gay; and the murder of shadowy toon Kirk Enigman with Eddie's own gun sparks a search for the secret formula for Toon Tonic, which turns people into animated Toons (and vice versa). Lots of comic subplots and compulsive wordplay with the new toons Ferd Flatfoot (Eddie's brother-in-law) and Joellyn Rabbit (Jessica's 5-inch twin sister), who comes on to Eddie by popping out of a cupcake. But the net effect of all the high jinks (``I hate being hoisted by a woman half the size of my own petard'') is wearying; you'll be reminded of why S.J. Perelman never wrote a novel. The perfect bookstore browse, though most readers will have had their fill before reaching the register. -- Copyright ©1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 255 pages
• Publisher: Villard; First Edition edition (July 30, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 067940094X
• ISBN-13: 978-0679400943
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #575,157 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars :), October 5, 2001

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Marisa (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Who P-P-P-Plugged Roger Rabbit? A Hare-Raising Mystery (Hardcover)

--When Eddie Valiant stumbles upon a plot involving Clark Gable, two murders, and the production of so-called "Toon Tonic" which turns humans into Toons and the other way around as well, it just may be his most dangerous case yet. --There are some hilarious parts of this story, the best of which being when Roger finds the ultimate disguise...with five fingers on each hand! (the book describes this as "discombobulating"!) This is funny, fast-paced, and very cleverly written. --Marisa

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Who cares?, October 11, 2003

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Johnny Heering "trivia buff" (Bethel, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Who P-P-P-Plugged Roger Rabbit? A Hare-Raising Mystery (Hardcover)

First of all, this is not a sequel to Gary Wolf's previous book, Who Censored Roger Rabbit?. It would be pretty difficult to have a sequel to that book. I don't want to give away the plot of that book, but I will mentioned that the original title of it was "Who Killed Roger Rabbit?". Instead, this is a sequel to the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, sort of. When I say "sort of", I mean that Wolf based the characters on their depictions in the movie, but he included some of the plot elements from his first book that were not included in the movie. For example, Wolf has toons talking by forming dialogue balloons such as you see in comic strips, which they didn't do in the movie. So the book doesn't really work as a sequel to either the previous book or the movie. However, taken on it's own merits, it is fairly enjoyable as an independent work. It's a decent parody of a hard boiled detective novel, set in a world where humans and toons coexist. I especially enjoyed the relationship between Eddie Valiant and Jessica Rabbit's twin sister. Fans of Roger Rabbit should get a few chuckles out of this.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars For a movie..., July 18, 2003

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Who P-P-P-Plugged Roger Rabbit? A Hare-Raising Mystery (Hardcover)

The first book is great, but in the second book I can't help but think that it was written to be a movie. It wasn't written for the better of the reader, but for a producer to make it into a film. This, I think is just poor wrighting. I know Gary Wolf can do better.