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The Goose Finder
After a virus causes geese to develop human-level intelligence, war with mankind swiftly follows. Several years later humanity has prevailed, but geese are still smart. Enter Harlan, a man who makes his living tracking down fugitive geese. When he is offered a job by a billionaire with mysterious motives, Harlan is thrown into an adventure involving assassins, computer hackers, English muffins, a vengeful goose with an eyepatch, beef jerky, and much, much more.
138 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 23, 2021
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September 16, 2021
This may be the funniest book I've ever read. It's certainly up there. Even when reading a really funny book, I rarely laugh out loud. I laughed out loud multiple times per chapter reading this.
I could try to give you a plot summary, but it just wouldn't do justice to this madcap epic. Basically, there's a mysterious virus that gives geese human-like intelligence and the ability to talk. This results in tensions between the world's human and geese populations, culminating in two wars.
If this sounds insane; well, yeah, it is. But it's a comedy! And that's just the setup. The titular goose finder is a man named Harlan. Harlan is a gruff, hard, Clint Eastwood type of character, seeking to avenge the death of his brother in the Goose Wars by finding and killing every goose he can. He's hired by a toaster tycoon to find (but not kill) one specific goose.
It just gets wilder from there. There's a mad scientist building a time machine, a desert sorcerer, an old sea captain, a ruthless goose general, a couple of infatuated hackers... the list goes on. It's totally crazy, and I loved every word of it. Each chapter had me laughing harder than the last.
I could try to give you a plot summary, but it just wouldn't do justice to this madcap epic. Basically, there's a mysterious virus that gives geese human-like intelligence and the ability to talk. This results in tensions between the world's human and geese populations, culminating in two wars.
If this sounds insane; well, yeah, it is. But it's a comedy! And that's just the setup. The titular goose finder is a man named Harlan. Harlan is a gruff, hard, Clint Eastwood type of character, seeking to avenge the death of his brother in the Goose Wars by finding and killing every goose he can. He's hired by a toaster tycoon to find (but not kill) one specific goose.
It just gets wilder from there. There's a mad scientist building a time machine, a desert sorcerer, an old sea captain, a ruthless goose general, a couple of infatuated hackers... the list goes on. It's totally crazy, and I loved every word of it. Each chapter had me laughing harder than the last.
September 17, 2021
A Fast Moving, Fun, and Funny Read
Do you need anything more than the title to sell you on this book?
Shatzer constructed an absurd yet believable world. The book's humor is ironically funny and often had me laughing while reading.
I enjoyed the journey through the post-goose wars world.
Do you need anything more than the title to sell you on this book?
Shatzer constructed an absurd yet believable world. The book's humor is ironically funny and often had me laughing while reading.
I enjoyed the journey through the post-goose wars world.
July 22, 2024
That was goofy as hell. I liked it.
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