Book description
James Bolivar 'Slippery Jim' diGriz, Special Corps agent, master conman
and interstellar criminal (retired), is living high on the hog with his
lovely, vivacious wife Angelina on the luxury planet Moolaplenty when
long-lost Cousin Elmo arrives. And Cousin Elmo's not alone: he's got a
ship full of porcuswine and their keepers, and they're all looking for a
new home. And before he's even finished his first cocktail, his bank
account's been drained and he and Angelina are off wandering the stars
on a sabotaged ship.
In this darkly satiric work Harry Harrison brings his most famous
character out of retirement for a grand tour of the galaxy, cocktail in
hand, his luscious wife by his side, a smile on his lips and larceny in
his heart. He's in search of adventure, gravitons, and a way to get the
porcuswine out of his life ... for ever! Harry Harrison (1925 - 2012)
Harry Harrison was born Henry Maxwell Dempsey in Connecticut, in 1925.
He is the author of a number of much-loved series including the
Stainless Steel Rat and Bill the Galactic Hero sequences and the
Deathworld Trilogy. He is known as a passionate advocate of Esperanto,
the most popular of the constructed international languages, which
appears in many of his novels. He has been publishing novels for over
half a century and is perhaps best known for his seminal novel of
overpopulation, Make Room! Make Room!, which was adapted into the cult
film Soylent Green. He died in 2012.
