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Has anyone seen my toes? : a novel / Christopher Buckley.

Summary:
During the pandemic, an aging screenwriter is holed up in a coastal South Carolina town with his beloved second wife, Peaches. He's been binge-eating for a year and developed a notable rapport with the local fast-food chain Hippo King. He struggles to work on a ludicrous screenplay about a Nazi attempt to kidnap FDR and, naturally, an article for Etymology Today on English words of Carthaginian origin. He thinks he has Covid. His wife thinks he is losing his mind. In short, your typical pandemic worries. Things were going from bad to worse even before his doctor suggested a battery of brain tests. He knows what that means: dementia! But even in these scary times, there are plenty of things to distract him. His iPhone is fat-shaming him. He's been trying to read Proust and thinks the French novelist missed his true calling as a parfumier. And he's discovered nefarious Russian influence on the local coroner's race. Why is Putin so keen to control who decides who died peacefully and who by foul play in Pimento County? Could it be the local military base?-- Publisher's description.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781982198046
  • ISBN: 1982198044
  • ISBN: 9781982198053
  • ISBN: 1982198053
  • Physical Description: 270 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2022.
Subject: Screenwriters > Fiction.
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- > Fiction.
Overweight men > Fiction.
Distraction (Psychology) > Fiction.
South Carolina > Fiction.
Genre: Humorous fiction.

Available copies

  • 21 of 21 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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  • 0 current holds with 21 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Albright Memorial Library FICTION BUCKLEY (Text) 50686016232683 Adult Fiction Available -
Albright Memorial Library FICTION BUCKLEY (Text) 50686016312196 Adult Fiction Available -
Carbondale Public Library FICTION BUCKLEY (Text) 50688010836121 Adult Fiction Available -
DuBois Public Library FIC BUCKLEY (Text) 61000100088224 Adult Fiction Available -
Emmaus Public Library FIC BUCKLEY, CHRISTOPHER (Text) 36446002072414 Adult Fiction Available -
Gettysburg Library FIC BUCKLEY CHRISTOPHER (Text) 35740635876048 Fiction Available -
Huntingdon County Library F BUC (Text) 30298100600059 Fiction Available -
Indian Valley Public Library Fiction Buckley (Text) 39427103704128 Fiction Room: Adult Fiction Available -
Kutztown Community Library BUC (Text) 33249024875738 Fiction Available -
Lower Macungie Library FIC BUC (Text) 33400001566853 Adult Fiction Available -

Summary: During the pandemic, an aging screenwriter is holed up in a coastal South Carolina town with his beloved second wife, Peaches. He's been binge-eating for a year and developed a notable rapport with the local fast-food chain Hippo King. He struggles to work on a ludicrous screenplay about a Nazi attempt to kidnap FDR and, naturally, an article for Etymology Today on English words of Carthaginian origin. He thinks he has Covid. His wife thinks he is losing his mind. In short, your typical pandemic worries. Things were going from bad to worse even before his doctor suggested a battery of brain tests. He knows what that means: dementia! But even in these scary times, there are plenty of things to distract him. His iPhone is fat-shaming him. He's been trying to read Proust and thinks the French novelist missed his true calling as a parfumier. And he's discovered nefarious Russian influence on the local coroner's race. Why is Putin so keen to control who decides who died peacefully and who by foul play in Pimento County? Could it be the local military base?--

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