"Like Zillionaire (2011) and its predecessor, a gleefully demonic chase after MacGuffins, plumped up with veggie recipes rife with cusswords and comedy routines skewering society's foibles."
Which is worse, being hounded by Russian oil plutocrats or stingy American insurance agencies?
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"Grandiloquently goofy, with madcap pacing, dead-on riffs on cultural inanities and a plethora of lawyer puns. Come on, aren't you ready for a good laugh?"
"A giddy gallimaufry of fraud, paranoia, corruption high and low, and simple deceit, though the plotting is too slapdash to fulfill the promise of its opening 50 pages."
Yucat†n tour guide/souvenir retailer/detective Luis Balam's second case (following Blood Sacrifice, 1993) is a tale of two gamblers.
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"Wry commentary on personalities south of the border and, maybe, the most accurate guidebook ever to Cancun and its hustling of gringo tourists—all with a plot as lively as Mexican jumping beans and, in Luis Balam, a droll hero worthy of his Luong counterpart."
Alexander, after six mysteries set in the mythical kingdom of Luong (Kiet Goes West, etc.), moves to the ``electroplated glitz'' of Cancun to introduce ex-cop Luis Balam, a full-blooded Mayan who supports his two daughters (their mother ran off) as a tour guide, a vendor of black coral, and, occasionally, as a private eye.
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"The emphasis on Binh rather than Kiet, and the flight from Luong, the funny-bone of the world, mark this as a lesser effort, though Alexander still gets off a few well-aimed zingers at Americanisms."
Sixth in the saga of Southeast Asian Luong finds Superintendent Bamsam Kiet en route to Seattle to recover his national budget—which has been successfully pilfered by an American computer nerd.
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"The silliness is a bit less inspired than in previous outings, but, still, this one's very, very funny: Alexander has no competition for the role of court-jester to the mystery."
A return to the goofy Southeast Asian kingdom of Luong (Pigeon Blood), where Bamsan Kiet, the police superintendant, tries to buy some shrimp and is informed by the fishmonger that his zin is counterfeit.
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