Sock

Twisting the buddy cop story upside down and inside out, Penn Jillette has created the most distinctive narrator to come along in fiction in many years: a sock monkey called Dickie. The sock monkey belongs to a New York City police diver who discovers the body of an old lover in the murky waters of the Hudson River and sets off with her best friend to find her killer. The story of their quest swerves and veers, takes off into philosophical riffs, occasionally stops to tell a side story, and references a treasure trove of 1970's and 1980's pop culture.

Sock is a surprising, intense, fascinating piece of work.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Published: 09/05/2000
ISBN: 9780312328054
Pages: 228
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.80d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2004 pg. 414
Booklist 05/01/2004 pg. 1514
Publishers Weekly 05/24/2004 pg. 42
Entertainment Weekly 07/23/2004 pg. 82
Library Journal 07/01/2004 pg. 71