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The Roaches Have No King

Daniel Evan Weiss

When Ira Fishblatt's girlfriend. Ruth Grubstein, moves into his apartment, he has the kitchen renovated to make her feel at home. She is tickled pink, but hundreds of other houseguests aren't - the cockroaches who'd been living high on the hog before they were starved out. Famine slowly drives them into a frenzy until one, named Numbers, comes up with a diabolical plan: with the unwitting help of Rufus, the local cocaine dealer, they'll encourage a romance between Ira and the pretty neighbour. Elizabeth, and rid themselves forever of Ruth and her damnable tidiness.

A good novel, filled with black humour and worth reading for the plausable alternative for the extinction of the dinosaurs alone.

18 May 2006 19:48 | (0) comments | Books