When Pigs Fly (Paperback)

~ Bob Sanchez (Author)
Key Phrases: diet cola, Bob Sanchez, Mack Durgin, Dieter Kohl (more...)

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Product Description

Retired cop Mack Durgin used to bust perpetrators in Massachusetts, but now he’s widowed and living in Arizona. When a FedEx driver drops off an urn filled with his friend’s ashes at his front door, Mack reluctantly knows he must fulfill George Ashe’s final wish: to have his remains spread over the Grand Canyon. But Mack has no clue what lies hidden within the urn besides his friend’s ashes. On his journey through the desert, Mack meets the entrancing Calliope Vrattos, a former waitress in a bar that holds Elvis impersonation contests. Diet Cola is an ex-con who loves greasy food, but more than anything else, he desperately wants what he hid in the urn. Cola hooks up with a pair of loony housebreakers, a bald Elvis impersonator, and a dopehead with an outline of his brain tattooed on his skull. With a bit of luck and a lot of junk food, they trace Mack to the little town of Pincushion, Arizona. George Ashe may not be alive, but his remains are having the adventure of a lifetime. As Mack encounters one crazed character after another in his quest to fulfill his friend’s last wish, he realizes that life is a gamble and that pigs really do fly.

About the Author

Bob Sanchez recently retired in Las Cruces, New Mexico, after working in New England as a senior technical writer, producing countless manuals and bulletins. Now he writes fiction and explores the desert with his wife. His published work includes short stories, book reviews, and magazine articles.

Product Details

• Paperback: 307 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. (November 9, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595407706
• ISBN-13: 978-0595407705
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,389,602 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I do believe..., January 29, 2007

By	Kathryn Mackel "avid writer/reader" (Boston) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

...pigs can fly. And that's only the beginning! I believe that Diet Cola could kill a guy with one squeeze of the [...]-cheeks, that a fool named Zippy would think it an honor to tattoo his brain on his scalp (too bad that's the only place it appears within 20 feet of the guy's body), that an elderly couple named Carrick and Brodie could love each other more than even a hundred million dollars, and that Ace and Frosty are the dumbest crooks this side of Lowell, Massachusetts. I also believe I'd marry Mack Durgin if I wasn't already happily married and he wasn't in a (chaste) twosome with his dead wife and his maybe-someday girlfriend Calliope Vrattos.

Most of all, I believe that you will bust your ribs laughing and only ask for more. Sequel, please, and fast! (When Cows Jump Over the Moon, perhaps?)

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I don't usually like this kind of book, January 1, 2007

By	K. Duckett "Charlie Duckett" (Townsend, MA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Imagine my surprise when a book about a retired cop showed up under my tree -- me a devout "cozy" reader. At first I was skeptical --"Oh no, not another hard boiled cop story", but it was fun and funny. I laughed out loud at Ace and Frosty, and even sort of fell for Mac, that not-so-hard boiled retired cop. And when the Pig flew...! Hope a sequel is in the works -- this is one cop I want to see again.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sequel, please?, December 26, 2006

By	L. Ruth Douillette (Bridgewater, MA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

"When Pigs Fly" is a fast paced, action-oriented quest. Better still it's funny, laugh out loud funny. Chapters toggle between locations--Massachusetts and Arizona-- and characters, keeping the plot racing forward. There is truly never a dull moment. If Sanchez doesn't have a sequel planned based on Mack, retired Lowell, MA cop, he should. Let's hope we meet the pig again.