Moist: A Novel

Moist: A Novel by Haskell Smith, Mark. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780312303648.

A comic rampage through the polyglot gutters of modern Los Angeles... When a severed arm decorated with an erotic tattoo appears at an L.A. pathology lab, its love at first sight. Bobs minimum wage job minding the slabs has never given him agita before, but now he wont rest until he finds the owner of the arm so he can get to the girl who posed for that unforgettable tattoo. But Bob isnt the only one with a stake in finding the arms owner-the moment he sets off to find his true love, a colorful band of mobsters from Mexico and some of the L.A.P.D.s finest cross his path in their desperate search for this peculiar piece of evidence. From Amado, a one-armed murdered addicted to Mexican soap opera, to Martin, a Wharon graduate and cannabis aficionado, to Maura, a masturbation coach with unnatural urges, Bob finds himself entangled in a hilarious stew of murder, sex and mobster-style politics. A first novel that is as sharp and biting as a salt-rimmed margarita,Faster, with a head-swiveling plot youll love to untangle, Moist is whip-smart, stylish reading.