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  • Who Censored Roger Rabbit?

  • By: Gary K. Wolf
  • Narrated by: L.J. Ganser
  • Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (113 ratings)
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Who Censored Roger Rabbit?

By: Gary K. Wolf
Narrated by: L.J. Ganser
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Summary

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

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Witty, entertaining, and who did do it?

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.

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better than the film

completely different from the film, it's like a totally different story, I prefer the book to the film to be honest, definitely recommend

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Pleasantly surprised

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.

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Very different from the film

"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.

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Not related to the film but still great

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

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Much better than the film

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

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better than the film

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

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A real stand up tale

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

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Very good narration, really brought the story to life.

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.

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A gripping mystery, very different from the film.

Whilst the book is light-hearted and whimsical, the mystery kept me guessing until the very end. There are some fairly unguessable twists, but also some that you don't quite want to believe - especially if you're a fan of these characters from 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit?'. This book is great fun and the performance by L.J. Ganser was entertaining and superbly delivered throughout.

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