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 Absolute Garbage Jul 14, 2009
By N. Blair
The Baby in the Bag tries to sell itself as the result of putting South Park, Vonnegut and National Lampoon in a blender. If by that metaphor, the summary means that the result would be a shredded, muddled mess combining the worst of those inputs, then the review is somewhat accurate.
A more apt description is that the book steals location and character outlines from Carl Hiaasen without given them any of Hiaasen's depth and places them in a story with all the complexity, nuance and originality of an Archie comic or Mad Magazine parody.
I purchased this at the same time I bought Confederacy of Dunces. The only similarity between the two is that both have too many caricatures instead of characters. But while Confederacy won the Pulitzer, remains readable years after it was written, and at least made the caricatures funny and original, Baby in the Bag has the shelf-life of a carton of milk and the writing in it and on said carton are equally entertaining.
 Radically funny!!! May 25, 2009
By Jackie Stillson
"JS"
This is a radically funny book. The main character accidentally makes a politically incorrect statement while appearing on "The Tonight Show" inadvertantly insulting the dwarfs of the world who then ban together to ruin him so that they can gain further attention to their cause. The names and situations are extremely hilarious and the dialogue is very creative. Mr. Hanau nails Jon Stewart and his supporting cast in what is one of the funnier scenes in the book. However, the twin story lines of Detective Gun and Parc Atola are really interesting. The transitions back and forth left me definitely wanting to keep turning the pages. And the ending throws the reader for a real loop. I strongly recommend.
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