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What begins as an interesting equation of the advertising business and organized religion quickly degenerates into predictable slapstick humor in this somewhat crowded comic novel. Dan Steele, an up-and-coming creative director in a swank L.A. ad agency, is desperate to make partner. Trouble is, his manic-depressive mother, Ruth, periodically suffers bipolar episodes. Dan tries to help, but he's been living extravagantly and he's out of cash, so when lowly copywriter Scott Emmons comes up with the perfect ad campaign for a Japanese corporate client, Dan thinks it's only fair to steal Scott's idea. Scott goes postal with a .44 magnum, but before he can ventilate his sleazy superior, Dan has an unexpected visit from his long-lost twin brother, Michael, a priest back from a mission in Africa, where he witnessed Church and state corruption and tangled with a local warlord, who has left him with a terminal souvenir of his homeland. Dan switches identities with his brother so that Michael can be treated under his own health insurance, but Michael promptly dies and Dan is forced to continue his clerical impersonation to avoid felony insurance fraud. With the trappings of his former life repossessed and the maniacal Scott in pursuit, Dan finds a haven at last at a halfway house, where he meets Sister Peg, a transparently secular nun and antibureaucracy crusader. Sparks fly between the non-priest and non-nun; climax, fadeout and roll credits. Fitzhugh (Pest Control; The Organ Grinders) may have written Cross Dressing with deals in mind: according to the publisher, he even arranged with Seagram to feature their liquor products in his text. While he ably proves his comic wit on the printed page, and backs some of the novel's more informative sections with actual research, this novel is ultimately as slickly packaged and shallow as the industries it parodies. Film rights to Shady Acres/Universal Pictures and Shady Acres Entertainment. (June)
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Having taken on geneticists in his earlier effortsDof which his latest was The Organ GrindersDFitzhugh turns his gimlet eye almost nostalgically to such tried-and-true satirical targets as advertising, the Catholic Church, and Los Angeles, demonstrating their staying power. Everything is finally coming together for rising advertising executive Dan Steele. His latest campaign (stolen from a colleague) is clearly considered the equal of "Where's the Beef?" Beverly is ready to lead him through the Kama Sutra, page by Technicolor page. It is then that things predictably start to unravel. His wronged colleague goes ballistic, he misses his rendezvous with Beverly, and his credit cards max out. When his twin brother, a Roman Catholic priest, returns from Africa to die, Dan happily assumes his identity only to learn that it's all a matter of image. Before his past catches up with him, it turns out that this slick operator fits almost too comfortably into the new Cat-o-Lite Church ("less guilt; more forgiveness"). Fans of other outrageous caper books, say, those by Elmore Leonard or Donald E. Westlake, might want to sample Fitzhugh. Fans of The Simpsons might keep Cross Dressing in mind during the summer rerun season. For all larger public libraries.DBob Lunn, Kansas City P.L., MO
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One of the best books of the year!,
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This is the first book I've read of Mr. Fitzhugh and it won't be my last! Being that I work in a church and used to work in the television industry - the subject matter was just too good to pass up! From the get go this book was both real and outrageous (in a funny way). It's zanyness, characters and message - woven in this fast moving tale makes this one of the best books I've read this year (note: I am an avid reader and am always reading something).I recommend this book to anyone who likes a good, well told story as well as someone who wants to have some good laughs (and which of us couldn't use some of those these days). I can't wait to read the author's other works! Helfen Sie anderen Kunden bei der Suche nach den hilfreichsten Rezensionen
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I'd give it 4 1/2, but....,
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This book is good. It's "laugh-out-loud" funny. I did not like "The Organ Grinders" one single bit (well, okay, maybe a single bit). Pest Control is one of the funniest books I've read in a long time. Cross Dressing harkens back to Pest Control. At time, Cross Dressing was a little too "preachy" for me, especially the flashbacks. All-in-all, though, a definite must read!
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Fitzhugh does it again!,
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Cross Dressing starts out with a somewhat-absurd premise. Fortunately, it just gets crazier from there. Religion, charity, advertising--it's all fair game for Bill Fitzhugh's inspired skewering. Almost no one is what they seem in this one, and this reader is very, very grateful.He's been compared to Carl Hiassen and Tim Sandlin, but if you like Cross Dressing, the best thing you can do is read Fitzhugh's first two books, Pest Control and The Organ Grinders. I can't wait to read whatever comes next. Did I mention how much I enjoy the products of the Seagram's Company? Helfen Sie anderen Kunden bei der Suche nach den hilfreichsten Rezensionen
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