Editing Island of the Sequined Love Nun

{{short description|Novel by Christopher Moore}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox book| <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books -->
| name          = Island of the Sequined Love Nun
| title_orig    =
| translator    =
| image         = Islandofsequined lg.jpg
| caption       = First edition
| author        = Christopher Moore
| cover_artist  = Michael McGurl 
| country       = United States
| language      = English
| series        =
| genre         = [[Romance novel|Romance]], [[Comedy]]
| publisher     = [[Avon (publishers)|Avon]]
| release_date  = 1997
| media_type    = Print ([[Hardback]])
| pages         = 325 
| isbn          = 0-06-073544-9
| oclc= 56195254
| preceded_by   = [[Bloodsucking Fiends]]
| followed_by   = [[The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove]]

}}'''''Island of the Sequined Love Nun'''''  is a [[novel]] by American [[Absurdist fiction|absurdist]] writer [[Christopher Moore (author)|Christopher Moore]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Island of the Sequined Love Nun |url=https://www.harpercollins.com/products/island-of-the-sequined-love-nun-christopher-moore?variant=32117032157218 |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=HarperCollins |language=en}}</ref> published in 1997.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/christopher-moore/island-of-the-sequined-love-nun/ |title=Island of the Sequined Love Nun |date=2010-05-19 |publisher=Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1997-07-31 |title=Island of the Sequined Love Nun by Christopher Moore |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780380975051 |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=Publishers Weekly}}</ref> It is based partly on the author's personal experiences in [[Micronesia]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Christopher |title=Author Essay |url=https://b0f646cfbd7462424f7a-f9758a43fb7c33cc8adda0fd36101899.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com/author-essays/AE-9780060735449.pdf |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=HarperCollins Publishers}}</ref>

==Plot==
Tucker (Tuck) Case is a pilot for a cosmetics company, who crashes the company plane while having sex. This event causes Tuck to be blacklisted from flying in the United States, so he accepts a lucrative offer from a doctor-missionary on a remote [[Micronesia]]n island to transport cargo to and from the island and [[Japan]].

Tuck moves to the island with a [[Filipino people|Filipino]] [[trans woman]] navigator and a talking [[Megabat|fruit bat]]. There Tuck eventually uncovers a horrible secret harbored by the doctor and his wife, who capitalized on the fact that the island natives are under the influence of a [[cargo cult]] that developed as a result of establishment by [[Allies of World War II|Allies]] of an air runway there during [[World War II]].

==Shakespearean allusions==
In chapter 8, "The Humiliation of the Pilot as a Passenger", Moore alludes to Shakespeare's ''[[Hamlet]]''. Tuck is the heir to the Denmark Silverware Corporation, much like Hamlet being the prince. Later Tuck's mother marries his uncle after her husband has a not-so-accidental riding accident resulting in his death.

Tuck is then summoned by an old girlfriend named [[Zoophilia]] (similar to Ophelia). While approaching the house in a rage he runs over Zoophilia's father. Zoophilia meets her demise by taking a handful of Prozac and a mouthful of water then drowns in her hot tub, grief-stricken. Before Tuck leaves he is threatened by Zoophilia's brother.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reardon |first=Patrick T. |date=2018-09-28 |title=Book review: "Island of the Sequined Love Nun" by Christopher Moore |url=https://patricktreardon.com/book-review-island-of-the-sequined-love-nun-by-christopher-moore/ |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=Patrick T. Reardon |language=en-US}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://chrismoore.com/love_nun.html Author's webpage for ''Island of the Sequined Love Nun'']

{{Christopher Moore}}

[[Category:1997 American novels]]
[[Category:Absurdist fiction]]
[[Category:American fantasy novels]]
[[Category:Novels by Christopher Moore]]
[[Category:1997 fantasy novels]]
[[Category:Novels set in Oceania]]
[[Category:Micronesia]]
[[Category:Novels set on islands]]