Genre: Humor/Satire
Description:
“Say hello to G Man – Beaver City’s newest superhero.
When a bungled science experiment endows Arthur Pinkerton with super
powers – and a giant phallus - he becomes the unlikely champion of the
defenseless. But will he be able to sustain his erection long enough to rid the
city of its criminal underclass? And will he be able to defeat the feared crime
boss, Carmelita Cameltoe, or will it all end in a premature capitulation?
Read this exciting new book to find out!”
Author:
“Boris Wang is a legendary storyteller in his own mind. He lives in a
small house by the lake where he drinks coffee, reads comics and serves as
aide-de-camp to a pair of demanding Siamese cats. When he’s not updating his
Tinder profile or plotting global domination, he tries to write stories about
superheroes with very unusual abilities.”
Appraisal:
Well that was different. Just trying to nail down the genre of this
novella will tell you a lot about it. There’s enough sex going on for erotica
to be a reasonable description. But erotica takes their sex seriously and,
while it’s seriously sex, I don’t think anyone involved from the author to the
participants (other than maybe the star of this book, Arthur) are taking it very
seriously. It’s downright funny. Maybe we can call it a humor book. But it’s
not just funny, it’s also making fun of so many things. I’d call that satire.
However, our star, Arthur, is also using what can accurately be called superpowers
to fight crime (at least when his female friends can get him in the right mood
to do so). So, I guess we’ve got a humorous, erotic, satirical superhero story.
Bet you’ve never read one of those before.
In many ways I enjoyed this. The off the wall concept, not even trying
to be subtle, was fun. (Look at the description for the names of the crime boss,
the town where this takes place, or even the pen name the author has chosen.) At
least for this relatively short read, the concept held up and the story line
worked.
So, what’s the problem? Why only three stars? Non-existent
proofreading. I’d be reading, trip over something, and discover it wasn’t Arthur’s
bigger-than-real-life appendage, but a wrong or extra word. This happened way
too much with me flagging twice as many issues as I’d have found marginally acceptable
in a book two or three times as long. A little more (okay, a lot more) polish
and this could be a fun, off-the-wall read that could appeal to a decent sized group
of readers out there.
Buy now
from: Amazon US Amazon UK
FYI:
One adult situation after another. While not exactly erotica, it isn’t
exactly not either.
Format/Typo
Issues:
Way, way, way too many proofing issues.
Rating: ***
Three Stars
Reviewed
by: BigAl
Approximate word count: 19-20,000 words
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