Is Fat Bob Dead Yet?, Stephen Dobyns
Is Fat Bob Dead Yet?, Stephen Dobyns
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Is Fat Bob Dead Yet?

Author: Stephen Dobyns

Narrator: George Newbern

Unabridged: 11 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/01/2015

Synopsis

In the seaport city of New London, Connecticut, and newcomer Connor Raposo has just witnessed a gruesome motorcycle accident on Bank Street. At least he thinks it was an accident. But then he sees a familiar man - who else would wear an Elvis pompadour in this day and age? - lurking around the crime scene. Where does Connor know him from? And why does everyone he knows keep showing up dead?

About Stephen Dobyns

Stephen Dobyns is the author of more than thirty novels and poetry collections, including The Church of Dead Girls, Cold Dog Soup, and Cemetery Nights. Among his many honors are a Melville Cane Award, Pushcart prizes, a National Poetry Series prize, and three National Endowment for the Arts fellowships. His novels have been translated into twenty languages, and his poetry has appeared in the Best American Poetry anthology. Dobyns, who has taught at the University of Iowa and Sarah Lawrence College, teaches creative writing at Warren Wilson College.

About George Newbern

George Newbern has appeared in Father of the Bride, Father of the Bride II, Evening Star, Adventures in Babysitting, and many other films. On television, he has had roles on Scandal, Friends, Nip/Tuck, Hot in Cleveland, CSI, and more. He is also known for providing the voice of Superman in Justice League and for narrating audiobooks.

Reviews

Goodreads review by James on September 11, 2017

This is one of the strangest and funniest crime novels I've read in a long time. It's also very endearing with a cast of oddball characters that you simply can't help rooting for. The story is set in New London, Connecticut, and opens with a tragic incident. A would-be con man named Connor Raposo pic......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on June 07, 2023

This comical romp has a cast of wacky characters who get involved in robbery, murder and mayhem. Connor Raposo is a handsome, tanned, twentysomething man of Portuguese ancestry who feels an obligation to his 'clan', namely his mob-connected brother Vasco and his Uncle Didi. After stints as a schoolte......more

Goodreads review by Donna on February 15, 2018

Conner is coming out of the shoe repair when he sees a motorcyclist run smack into the side of a truck that’s backing out of an alley. Kersplat. Worse yet—to his own thinking—his little blue Beamer is stuck behind another car that can’t get out until the cops leave and the street is normal again. Th......more

Goodreads review by Marcie on August 14, 2016

This is not a James Patterson or some other wildly popular novelist that churns out formulaic drivel the masses inhale with only a small part of the brain attending. This is a little work! But worth it, because it's not the usual fastfood Big Mac and fries. Dobyns takes all the standard rules of writ......more

Goodreads review by Andrew on July 01, 2015

This is a wild and crazy book which as one reviewer said makes no sense and makes perfect sense. It is a noirish, black humor filled tale of an investigation of the murder of a guy named Fat Bob who was allegedly decapitated while riding a motorcycle called Fat Bob, except Fat Bob wasn't the person......more

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