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Title of Book: Boo Hiss
“Hey,” the kid said like he was waving to his surfer buddies. A couple of toastmaster sessions might do him some good. “I’m Dustin, and I’ve lost my pet.” One page after this excerpt, I had to lay the book down I was laughing so hard. Gutteridge is a genius. Dustin’s pet is a boa constrictor. A two-headed boa constrictor. Dustin’s announcement, along with horrifying details of exactly where the boa might be hiding—he particularly likes climbing between soft fabric, like in a bed—sends the entire town of Skary, Indiana into a tailspin. Of course Skary, home of Wolfe Boone, once the town’s claim to fame because he was the master of horror, is in a tailspin most of the time anyway. Wolfe Boone became a born again Christian in the original book in this series, Boo. And the whole town went nuts. Boone refused to write anymore profanity soaked, slasher books. To Skary that meant the end of civilization as they knew it. Or at least it was going to lose them a lot of tourist dollars. Now Skary has accepted Boone. Boone’s got writer’s block because he doesn’t think God’s going to approve of the slasher stuff, but he doesn’t have any other ideas. His new wife is running herself ragged trying to be the perfect hostess to a horrible houseguest. And none of this would be a big deal if only they could find that snake! The clueless Dustin wanders around hunting in closets, under pillows, in laundry baskets, all places his beloved Bob and Fred love to hide. Yes, Bob and Fred because it’s a two-headed snake and Dustin named both heads. This book is so funny it’s just insane. Gutteridge’s oddball characters never quit out-oddballing themselves. And poor Boone, the former master of horror, possibly the only sane person in town—although he’d had hopes for his wife—is dragged into the madness of the Bob and Fred hunt despite his wish to sit quietly and try to think up a new book to write. Just read it slow. Let the madness of Skary take over and savor it. I loved Boo Hiss. |
