Who Censored Roger Rabbit?

De: Gary K. Wolf

Narrado por: L.J. Ganser

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

Don't expect anything like the movie!

I admit it. I saw the movie first, and I did like the movie more. It took me a while to accept that I was reading nothing like Who Framed Roger Rabbit. The book presents a totally different Roger and Jessica, so don't let preconceptions lead you astray. The solution to the murder mystery could have been foreshadowed a bit more, but given the cartoon world, it works well.

Fantastic Noir

Though it isn't like the movie, this book brings a new and interesting perspective on the noir story style. Plus since it is a different story, you'll have a good time not knowing what's gonna happen.

Both unpredictable and enjoyable

I had no idea the history of this series when compared to the Disney/touchstone film and super happy that I selected this title.

very fun book. awesome listen

loved the reading of this book. had not read this before and was completely absorbed by it.the author was great and the narrator was wonderful.

Fun

Obviously much different than the film we know and love. The story is a lot of fun and the reader does a great job.