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The stench is right, this book STINKS!

The Stench of Honolulu by Jack Handey

September 15, 2021 by chelz.hawk Leave a Comment

“The jungle grew darker and more mysterious. Bugs seemed buggier, and the trees almost seemed alive. The sun was like a blazing ball of fire in the sky. Strange little birds hovered over the flowers, stabbing them with their long, pointed beaks. Sinister rock formations appeared on shore and even reached up out of the water. I guess that’s where Hawaii got its famous nickname, “Land of a Thousand Nightmares.”  The narrator is cajoled by his friend Don into taking a trip to Hawaii. While […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: cbr13bingo, hawaii, Jack Handey, Satire, twisted tale, unreliable narrator

chelz.hawk's CBR13 Review No:34 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: cbr13bingo, hawaii, Jack Handey, Satire, twisted tale, unreliable narrator ·
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Fine, but what’s in it for me?

The Stench of Honolulu by Jack Handey

March 11, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

A very funny book that’s mostly not racist! Which is pretty good considering Jack Handey is of a certain age and of a certain bent and could have made this a lot more racist. A low bar. This is a fake novel about a trip to Hawaii paid for by the narrator’s recently divorced friend. Hawaii is recreated as a kind of mid-colonial cesspit (hence the stench), full of mystery and intrigue.  So in some ways this is a kind of fake adventure novel ala […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: Jack Handey, The Stench of Honolulu

vel veeter's CBR11 Review No:142 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: Jack Handey, The Stench of Honolulu ·
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