New York Times Bestseller Smart and funny and all sorts of raunchy in the best way. San Francisco Chronicle Repeat New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore returns to the mean streets of San Francisco in this outrageous follow-up to his madcap novel Noir. San Francisco, 1947. Bartender SammyTwo ToesTiffin and the rest of the Cookies Coffee Irregularsa ragtag bunch of working mugs last seen in Noirare on the hustle: theyre trying to open a driving school; shanghai an abusive Swedish stevedore; get Mable, the local madam, and her girls to a Christmas party at the State Hospital without alerting the overzealous head of the S.F.P.D. vice squad; all while Sammys girlfriend, Stilton (a.k.a. the Cheese), and herWendy the Weldergal pals are using their wartime shipbuilding skills on a secret project that might be attracting the attention of some government Men in Black. And, oh yeah, someone is murdering the citys drag kings and club owner Jimmy Vasco is sure