Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse

Name: Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Victor Gischler
ISBN: 9781461849544

Author: Victor Gischler

Narrator: Scott Sowers

Unabridged: 8 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/14/2011

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction, Action & Adventure

Synopsis

Edgar Award nominee Victor Gischler "specializes in morbid humor, dark sarcasm, and comic noir, complete with violence and mayhem" (Library Journal). Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse picks up 10 years after the end of the world. Former insurance salesman Mortimer Tate leaves his secluded cabin and discovers a desolate landscape complete with cowboys, bandits, and cannibals, where the only traces of civilization are found at Joey Armageddon's Sassy-a-Go-Go club. "Compulsively readable."-Booklist

About Victor Gischler

Victor Gischler is the author of such novels as Gun Monkeys, Shotgun Opera, Go-GO Girls of the Apocalypse, The Deputy, Stay, Getsapo Mars, and the epic fantasy trilogy A Fire Beneath the Skin. His work has been optioned for film and translated into numerous languages. He's also written such comic book titles as X-Men, Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth, The Punisher, Conan, Angel & Faith, and The Shadow. His creator-owned comics include Sally of the Wasteland, Clown Fatale, and the forthcoming Terminal Town. He is a world traveler, grad school survivor, and BBQ aficionado.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Amy

This book is complete garbage, and it's great. The quote from James Rollins on the front of the book says it all: "Part Christopher Moore, part Quentin Tarantino, Victor Gischler is a raving, badass genius." I'd personally say that the story is a trashy rated R smash up of the television series "Jer......more

Goodreads review by David

The blurb on the cover of Go-Go Girls compares Victor Gischler to Christopher Moore. Besides a sense of humor, there isn’t much similarity. Moore’s work is more absurd and less gritty than Go-Go Girls, which is a story about the end of the world, but it takes place entirely in the South. Thankfully,......more

Goodreads review by Nathan

When I stumbled upon this book I thought it looked ridiculous and fun. The concept of a post apocalyptic civilization run by a go-go club just seemed too good to pass up. I was pleased with what I found. The book is funny, exciting, and cute. The plot makes sense, the character motivations are under......more

Goodreads review by Raegan

This was one of the funniest, most irreverent and entertaining books I've read in years.......more