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Callahan's Con

By: Spider Robinson
Narrated by: Barret Whitener
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In the discreet little Key West bar that Jake Stonebender established, Fast Eddie Costigan learned to curse back at parrots as he played the house piano; the Reverend Tom Hauptman learned to tend bar bare-chested, and Long-Drink McGonnigle discovered the margarita. Nobody even noticed them save the universe.

After 10 quiet years, their laid-back existence is disturbed by a malevolent, moronic Mafioso, named Tony Donuts, Jr., intending to resurrect the classic protection racket in Key West. Jake's scientifically precocious 13-year-old daughter is threatened by the truancy officer and then, thanks to very poor accessorizing, Jake's wife, Zoey, suddenly finds herself in a place with no light, no heat, and no air. And no way home. The urgent question was where, precisely where, but that turned out to be a problem so complex that even the entire gang, equipped with teleportation, time travel, and telepathic syntony, might not be able to crack it in time.

©2003 Spider Robinson (P)2004 Blackstone Audiobooks Science Fiction Funny Witty Fantasy Fiction Adventure

Critic reviews

"The wordplay flies fast and funny as always in a Callahan's romp, and the characters, regular and new, are pretty darn amusing." (Booklist)
"Robinson knows how to generate tension without losing his sense of humor, a more difficult trick than you might imagine." (The New York Times)

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Creative Writing • Realistic Characters • Witty Storytelling • Enjoyable Series

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Some series you can pick up anywhere in the series and not significantly ruin going back and reading previous novels. However, this novel has enough spoilers that you should read the previous books before tackling it.

Best to listen to previous books first

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His main characters are flawed in a human way, there’s a bit of humility. As well as an abandon of whimsical zaniness. I won’t write of what I don’t like. Sorry for abstractions, but describing content doesn’t work for this book.

Of a piece with his other books

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Always a kick to hang out with the Callahan bunch and have some fun while saving the world!

Callahan's Con (Unabridged)

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I really enjoyed this audiobook. Just recently discovered Spider Robinson, and have been wallowing in whatever I can find of his. Reading them is good, but HEARING them is SO much better. If you like Callahan's Place, you'll like this one.

Loved it!

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I loved this book. It is, as of now, the final book in the Callahan Series, and it doesn't disappoint. The narrator is great, the subject matter is great. How could anyone not love Spider Robinson's Callahan books.

great fun

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