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~ Mike Vogel (Author) "Strutting like a supermodel with a tray of drinks in her hand, the waitress ignored the pleas of desperate patrons requesting more bottled water or..." (more)
Key Phrases: Mad Dog, Salt Lake City, Perch Vardanian (more...)
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Fast-paced and outrageously farcical. Vogel’s sharp wit comes through clearly without being overbearing. -- Sacramento News & Review, September 8, 2005

Rest assured that [Isn't That Bigamy?] is a snappy read and thoroughly enjoyable. -- POD-dy Mouth Lit Blog, June 13, 2005

The sharp idiosyncrasies of Elmore Leonard mixed with the bizarre "what was he thinking" actions of Carl Hiaasen. -- POD-dy Mouth Literary Blog, June 13, 2005


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Get ready to take a trip to Tamarin, Utah, where some men have five wives, some have twenty, but no one has just one wife--except new resident Stan Smith.

After witnessing the head of the Armenian crime syndicate execute an undercover federal agent, Stan is convinced it would be awfully big of him to testify. He's not concerned with putting the crime boss away for murder--Stan just wants protection from the hit man who's already made one attempt on his life.

Agent Becky Li isn't the type to admit she made a mistake. Her job was simple: protect Stan by posing as his wife in the witness relocation program until the trial. Instead, she mistakenly brought him to a polygamous community in rural Utah. It's tough enough being a female agent--wait until the boys in the office hear about this...

Ann-Eliza is the mayor's daughter who has taken a keen interest in being Stan's next wife. But does she see Stan as the ideal husband or as the perfect pawn?

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  • Paperback: 214 pages
  • Publisher: Lulu.com (July 11, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1411634241
  • ISBN-13: 978-1411634244
  • Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,713,558 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars For Fans of Seinfeld-like Coincidences, July 26, 2005

You have just broken up with your girlfriend who leaves you in a busy restaurant with no way home, a tough waitress dumps a drink in your lap for no reason, and now you have to walk home with a wet crotch. If that is not enough, while walking across a bridge, you witness a mob hit quite by accident. This is what happens to womanizer Stan Smith in Mike Vogel's Isn't That Bigamy.

But wait, there is more. The waitress turns out to be Asian undercover agent and lesbian, Becky Li, who is charged with the ungrateful task of posing as Stan's wife in the witness protection program in Utah.

Through a series of events, witnessed from all points of view, Vogel takes us on an entertaining romp into fictional city, Tamarind, Utah, where Becky mistakenly takes Stan and where polygamy is not just practiced, it is the law. To attempt to blend in, Stan not only marries the mayor's daughter, whose twin has an unhealthy obsession with her, he marries the town lesbian, who has more than an eye for Becky.

And if things are not messy enough, Becky is recognized by the murderer's associate as she and Stan board the plane headed for Utah in the first place.

Vogel's writing engages the reader through multiple accounts of the same events. Isn't That Bigamy will also find a following in fans of Seinfeld, who enjoy a story that just snowballs into hell through a series of unfortunate coincidences.

The characters are brought to colorful life, with the exception of Stan, who remains nondescript throughout the novel. One would be hard pressed to remember Stan's hair color, let alone his physical appearance.

However, Stan's womanizing personality comes through loud and clear.

Isn't That Bigamy is a light, enjoyable, summer read.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars I bought TWO copies, August 1, 2005
One for me and one for a friend. You could easily make the case that Stan Smith is one of the unluckiest guys around. He witnesses a mob hit which forces him into the witness protection plan with a beautiful woman whose responsibility is to protect him by posing as his wife. She just happens to be a lesbian. They wait for the murder trial (in which Stan is to testify) in a tiny town in Utah where all the men have multiple wives. So Stan gets married and he's still sleeping alone! Poor Stan. Everybody's after him for all the wrong reasons. "Isn't That Bigamy" is simply a quick, fun read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars short funny witness-protection romp, January 26, 2009
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price is in proportion to length, not worthiness. i laughed aloud several times. the chief virtue of this book is that the main character - the guy being protected - is hilarious & is always revealing his hand to the reader. we always know what he is thinking for two reasons: he tells us & usually it has something to do with a desire to get laid.

the witness protection program involves this horny guy & his lesbian protector posing as newlyweds in a polygamous community. i am not really giving away anything or spoiling anything there for you since anyone can figure all that out quite early in the book before any of it is officially stated. it is played out to amusing affect though since it subverts a typical sharp-elbows-at-first romance novel gambit.

the chief thing that keep the book moving apace is the clarification of the relationships & motives for those relationships between the characters. as with all witness protection program books, you know that it will not all work as intended.
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