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Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place. Charlie's life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan. Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano lair) to Charlie. But becoming a supervillain isn't all giant laser death rays and lava pits. Jake had enemies, and now they're coming after Charlie. His uncle might have been a stand-up, old-fashioned kind of villain, but these are the real thing: rich, soulless predators backed by multinational corporations and venture capital. It's up to Charlie to win the war his uncle started against a league of supervillains. But with unionized dolphins, hyper-intelligent talking spy cats, and a terrifying henchperson at his side, going bad is starting to look pretty good. In a dog-eat-dog world...be a cat. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.… (más)
Fun, Light hearted and refreshingly modern day. I was not sure what to expect going into this book basically blind, and I was pleasantly surprised. The humour in this book is dry and witty but the story doesn’t hold back on having a starkly darker moment here and there (It is about villains after all)
Overall a very easy to digest and enjoyable romp into the world of being a modern villain. Would definitely read again in the future
Fun, Light hearted and refreshingly modern day. I was not sure what to expect going into this book basically blind, and I was pleasantly surprised. The humour in this book is dry and witty but the story doesn’t hold back on having a starkly darker moment here and there (It is about villains after all)
Overall a very easy to digest and enjoyable romp into the world of being a modern villain. Would definitely read again in the future
A down-on-his-luck, divorced, former-journalist-now-substitute teacher learns that his estranged, super-rich uncle has died. And then he learns that he has inherited said uncle’s businesses (sort of), which include a parking garage empire and also an evil empire, complete with volcano secret lair. This means, then, that a whole host of other villains now want him dead. Oh, and his cat can type.
This one was an absolute hoot. It feels like Dave Barry with Douglas Adams vibes and I loved it. ( )
The main character is a journalist working as a substitute teacher, trying to borrow some money to buy a bar, but having no long. A woman appears who is the executor of the will of a long-estranged uncle. Turns out the uncle is a member of a group of James Bond-like villains, complete with hidden fortress in the Caribbean, and along with talking cats and dolphins. An entertaining breezy romp. ( )
Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
This book is dedicated to:
Everyone who could make someone's day worse, but tries to make it better instead.
Thank you. It's more important than you think.
Also, to Sugar, Spice and Smudge, my current set of cats.
You all are a real pain in my ass, and I love your stupid furry faces.
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I learned about the death of my uncle Jake in a deeply unexpected way, which was from the CNBC Squawk Box morning show.
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"I expected the members of Earth's leading society of villains to be smarter,"I said. “I don't know why.”
“They're smarter in books and movies.”
“They would have to be, wouldn't they?” Morrison said. “In the real world, they can be what people like them usually are: a bunch of dudes born into money who used that money to take advantage of other people to make even more money. It works great until they start believing that being rich makes them smart, and then they get into trouble. Unless they find someone else to take advantage of. (p. 162)
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place. Charlie's life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan. Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano lair) to Charlie. But becoming a supervillain isn't all giant laser death rays and lava pits. Jake had enemies, and now they're coming after Charlie. His uncle might have been a stand-up, old-fashioned kind of villain, but these are the real thing: rich, soulless predators backed by multinational corporations and venture capital. It's up to Charlie to win the war his uncle started against a league of supervillains. But with unionized dolphins, hyper-intelligent talking spy cats, and a terrifying henchperson at his side, going bad is starting to look pretty good. In a dog-eat-dog world...be a cat. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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Overall a very easy to digest and enjoyable romp into the world of being a modern villain. Would definitely read again in the future
(The cats are just a bonus) (