posted Oct 8, 2019, 4:26 AM by Viktor Zólyomi
The fifth entry in the Con City series has, like a golden eagle, landed!
A scientist tries to train a monkey to write Hamlet 2, exactly the way
Shakespeare would have done. Will he succeed, or will his project be
ruined by film producers, gun toting maniacs, and birds?
Professor van der Bishop, the most successful scientist at the
University of Con City, has a theory that a monkey can be trained to
write sequels to the plays of Shakespeare, exactly the way Shakespeare
himself would have done, had he lived long enough. The Professor travels
to England, where he teams up with a young English couple to acquire
funding for his research from film producer Terrence Blunt, creator of
the commercially successful but critically reviled Round Table movie
franchise. When the Professor comes face to face with the cutthroat
nature of the film industry, he must use every trick up his sleeve to
secure his research funding. Even if that involves working for a film
critic who may or may not be a psychopathic professional hitman.
Monkey
Of Con City chronicles the absurd misadventures of a misunderstood
genius from Con City, the most dangerous city in the Republic of North
America, during his visit to the picturesque town of Hawthorneford, Con
City's English sister town, where he tries to scientifically produce the
manuscripts of Hamlet 2, Macbeth 2, and even Romeo and Juliet 2. His
quest is hindered at every turn by the likes of a cinema cult and their
megalomaniacal leader, local hooligans, one hundred and sixty-eight
cats, an unhinged method actor, gun toting madmen, a chronic lack of
monkeys, a very angry post office manager, and the most dangerous
animals in the world: birds! Recommended for fans of the Con City
series, readers who enjoy their crime fiction as absurd and filled with
as much mayhem as possible, and anyone who believes that the Earth is
not a giant watermelon. |
Monkey Of Con City will be published on 31 October 2019 in Kindle ebook and paperback formats. You can pre-order the Kindle edition here. |
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