Island of the Sequined Love Nun
core novel 1997 Christopher Moore's Shared World
Record
| First published | 1997 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.81 (33,970 ratings, collected 2026-11-04) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780380975051 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
Tucker Case is a pilot whose career stalls after he crashes his cosmetics company's plane while distracted by sex. Unable to fly in the United States, he accepts a generous offer from a doctor and missionary on a remote Micronesian island to carry cargo between the island and Japan. On the island he lives with Kimi, a Filipino trans woman who serves as his navigator, and a talking fruit bat. Tucker discovers that the doctor and his wife are secretly harvesting organs from the islanders, who follow a cargo cult, and selling them to buyers in Japan.
Where it sits
- Universe: Christopher Moore's Shared World
- Series: Other Christopher Moore Novels core; position 2 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Christopher Moore
Notes
- From the series record (Other Christopher Moore Novels): Three standalone fantasy comedies by Moore that share minor characters and cameos with his other books.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Other Christopher Moore Novels: position 2 of 3: previous Coyote Blue (1994) · next Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal (2002)
- Internal chronology, within Christopher Moore's Shared World: position 8 of 11: previous Secondhand Souls (2015) · next The Stupidest Angel (2004)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Christopher Moore (author)
- Christopher Moore official site: books
- Biblio.com listing (hardcover, William Morrow, 1997, 1st/1st)
- Wikipedia: Island of the Sequined Love Nun
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