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Who Censored Roger Rabbit?

By: Gary K. Wolf
Narrated by: L.J. Ganser
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Private eye Eddie Valiant doesn't like Toons - those cartoon characters who live side-by-side with humans. Not the way they look, and especially not the way they talk: word-filled balloons come out of their mouths and then disintegrate, leaving dust all over his rug.

Eddie will work for a Toon if his cash supply is low enough. So he reluctantly agrees when Roger Rabbit, a Toon who plays straight man (or should that be straight rabbit) in the Baby Herman cartoon series, asks him to find out who's been trying - unsuccessfully - to buy his contract from the DeGreasy Brothers syndicate.

Then Rocco DeGreasy is murdered - and Roger is the prime suspect! The rabbit is also, as Eddie soon discovers, very, very dead. Who censored Roger Rabbit? And who shot Rocco DeGreasy? Was it Roger, or was it Rocco's hot-cha-cha girlfriend, Jessica Rabbit? Why had Jessica - a pretty steamy number for a Toon - ever married a dopey bunny in the first place? And why does everybody want Roger's battered old teakettle?

As Eddie combs L.A. from the executive suites of the DeGreasy Brothers to Sid Sleaze's porno comic studio, he uncovers art thefts, blackmail plots...and the cagiest killer he's ever faced.

©1981 Gary K. Wolf (P)2019 Tantor Classics Fantasy Fiction Humorous Literature & Fiction Funny Detective Noir Comedy

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"Who Framed Roger Rabbit" is one of my favourite films, so I decided to check out the source novel / inspiration. Apart from the names Eddie Valiant, Roger Rabbit & Jessica Rabbit, and the idea of toons being real (although the book has comic strip toons vs the movie's film / TV toons) everything else is very different (even the characters themselves are totally different). It's a good story, with lots of twists & turns (maybe too many), great descriptions of the toon world, some great narration, but I'll stick to the film in future.

Very different from the film

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I really enjoyed this, there were a few cheeky quotes from the book in the film but actually a totally different and good story

Not related to the film but still great

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I went into this story after hearing of its differences to the 1988 movie. This story is a fantastic noir tale with great characters, compelling plots and enough twists to make a toons head spin off his neck. Wolf had fantastic descriptions and you can immerse yourself in this world no problem.
If you like noir with a dash of comedy you'll love this, I wish more noir tales were like this. 10/10

A real stand up tale

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This was a very interesting story, very different to the film, but that was good as didn't know where it was going. Would recommend.

Very good narration, really brought the story to life.

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This book is amazing and the audio performance was brilliant. Whi Censored Roger Rabbit is a brilliant Noir. It has become one of my favourites

Much better than the film

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The story flowed beautifully and was well read/ performed. I enjoyed every minute of it.

better than the film

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Despite the presence of toon characters and toon logic, this is a quite serious hard boiled detective story. A factum that strengthens the story overall.

The protagonist is solid enough, with decent character development, the mystery seems trivial but is quite obtuse.

I have one point of serious criticism. The sleazy porn director crosdresses out of nowhere, and is immediately assaulted for it. I understand paying tribute to the Malthese Falcon, but even Mr Cairo was treated with more dignity than this. And that was in 1929.

This is not comedy.

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We were not sure about this story when we started to listen to it. It turned out to be very entertaining. If you want to listen to a story that is very not main stream then this is it. If you think your can hear some Donald Trump mannerisms in some of the characters, it just adds to the enjoyment.

Witty, entertaining, and who did do it?

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I love the film but this story has almost nothing to do with the Disney adaption, as is often the case with Disney. However, that doesn't mean I didn't thoroughly enjoy this book.
I haven't read or listened to any Noir style murder mysteries before and I love a bit of dark dry humour. So this booked just worked perfectly for me.
The twists and turns are fun. Some more predictable than others.
The voice acting was pretty good overall, apart from the women's voices.
In summary it's a fun story and definitely worth a listen.

Uniquely Entertaining

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Like most people these days, I was more familiar with the film based on this book rather than the book itself. You can definitely see the inspiration for the film but this is a much more interesting story in my opinion. The narrator does a great job voicing Eddie and his interior monologue. A great detective mystery with an interesting twist. Did not see the ending coming I must admit.

Pleasantly surprised

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