Who Censored Roger Rabbit?, Gary K. Wolf
Who Censored Roger Rabbit?, Gary K. Wolf
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Who Censored Roger Rabbit?

Author: Gary K. Wolf

Narrator: L.J. Ganser

Unabridged: 7 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/16/2019


Synopsis

Private eye Eddie Valiant doesn't like Toons—those cartoon characters who live side-by-side with humans. Not the way they look, and especially not the way they talk: word-filled balloons come out of their mouths and then disintegrate, leaving dust all over his rug.

Eddie will work for a Toon if his cash supply is low enough. So he reluctantly agrees when Roger Rabbit, a Toon who plays straight man (or should that be straight rabbit) in the Baby Herman cartoon series, asks him to find out who's been trying—unsuccessfully—to buy his contract from the DeGreasy Brothers syndicate.

Then Rocco DeGreasy is murdered—and Roger is the prime suspect! The rabbit is also, as Eddie soon discovers, very, very dead.
Who censored Roger Rabbit? And who shot Rocco DeGreasy? Was it Roger, or was it Rocco's hot-cha-cha girlfriend, Jessica Rabbit? Why had Jessica—a pretty steamy number for a Toon—ever married a dopey bunny in the first place? And why does everybody want Roger's battered old teakettle?

As Eddie combs L.A. from the executive suites of the DeGreasy Brothers to Sid Sleaze's porno comic studio, he uncovers art thefts, blackmail plots . . . and the cagiest killer he's ever faced.


About Gary K. Wolf

Gary K. Wolf is the author of several science fiction and fantasy novels, including Who Censored Roger Rabbit?, the basis for the Academy Award-winning film Who Framed Roger Rabbit. He currently lives in Boston.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Matthew on July 17, 2020

I may have what some might consider and interesting opinion on this one. It is always hard when reading a book that a movie you love and have seen a dozen times in the past 30 years is based on. Normally I think I would go in with a lot of pre-conceived notions and be completely unhappy with the res......more

Goodreads review by JasonA on February 19, 2023

This ended up being an interesting read. Yes, it's the book Who Framed Roger Rabbit? is based on, but unlike the current trend, the original book was the dark and gritty version. While a lot of the characters show up in both versions, the movie and the book have completely different plots. There are......more

Goodreads review by Benji's Books on December 09, 2024

An intriguing piece of detective fiction, with some toons sprinkled throughout. The film adaptation of this is much different, but very similar in tone. It's impossible to not compare the two after growing up watching the film. I only quite recently discovered the film was based on a book, so I had......more

Goodreads review by Amanja on May 22, 2020

This is the spoiler free review of Who Censored Roger Rabbit, the spoiler full review that gets into all the gritty details can be found at [URL not allowed] If you are anywhere near my age bracket you've very likely seen the movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit. You probably had a ve......more

Goodreads review by Jersy on January 28, 2020

This is an incredibly well-done mystery with interesting twists, but that’s only part of the appeal: there are really creative fantasy elements (with phenomenal worldbuilding) that are used to comment on societal issues. It plays with the typical tropes of detective stories and is also really funny.......more