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Walter Schuler was undeniably dead, and there was no getting around that fact. But what led to his demise? Was there a goose involved in some way? Can a man truly be considered dead if no one in a position of authority is there to confirm it? Walter Schuler was gone, but did anyone actually care? As he rests in the deep freezer of his mansion, alongside a dead deer head that seems to have its own grievances with him, these are the kinds of questions he finds himself pondering.

Meet Carter Kovac disgraced art dealer turned reluctant, bumbling private detective. After inheriting his famous father's detective agency, he immediately becomes entangled in a mysterious web of intrigue and murder--and the police think he's the culprit. Or they'd at least like to pin it on him, as that'd save a lot of time.

Set in Depression-era Savannah, Georgia, THE FRENCH STRANGER tells the story of Fred Dumas—a woman's pleasure specialist—who unknowingly kills Bunny Meyers, and is being hunted by two hit men set on him by her husband, a wealthy man who is running for mayor. This culminates into a cascade of dizzying absurdities that touch on a wide range of topics including: quantum and time theory, reincarnation, parallel universes, nirvana, baseball, World War I, chicken boxing, voodoo, Chick-O-Sticks, Ragnarök, and it answers the age-old question: if man made the chicken, did the chicken also make man?

A recently discovered manuscript, brittle and yellowed, written by Uncle Remus in 1886, suggests that he was the actual author of the story that's come to be known as "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz."

In the final book of the thrilling "Bar at the Intergalactic Hotel" trilogy we find our heroes wrapping up loose ends, starting new beginnings and, for some, embarking on mind-blowing journeys that will forever alter the universe as we know it--all if they can get a government grant.

One night, in a London pub in the 1990's, I ran into a man who claimed to be the actor Michael Caine. The man said (in a thick Cockney accent): "'ere mate, if yer buy me a beer I will recite the bloomin' 'oole of Franz Kafka's classic tale of alienation, 'Metamorphosis,' also known as 'Die Verwandlung.' If, however, yer chose not ter ffen I shall kick yer in the bleedin' balls."

The continuing outlandish adventures of mediocre music journalist turned accidental space adventurer, Derek Christian, and his friends now aboard the Napoo Starship, the VHS Betamax. Many questions will be raised although the answers will no doubt be sparse. The universe will most likely have to be saved again, but can it be done in time for tea?