Monkey Business, Island Style

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Zine
Title: Monkey Business, Island Style
Publisher: Clean Slate Press
Editor:
Author(s): Sharon Monroe
Cover Artist(s):
Illustrator(s): C. Udall
Date(s): 1989, was agented by Agent With Style starting in 2005, and strangely, won a 2012 FanQ Honorable Mention
Medium: print
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Fandom: Tales of the Gold Monkey
Language: English
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Monkey Business, Island Style is a gen digest-sized novel by Sharon Monroe. The art is by C. Udall. it was previously published in Fortune and Glory.

Summaries

From an ad in The New Monthly: "Stolen gems and international politics: The Hawaiian stole them; Princess Koji wants them, as do the Germans, so do the Irish... and all Jake, Louie, and Sarah want to do is help fight the plague on Kahiki."

From Agent With Style: "In 1938, seaplane pilot, soldier of fortune and former Flying Tigers pilot Jake Cutter made his home on the South Pacific island of Boragora, along with his one-eyed dog Jack and his mechanic Corky. His other companions were Bon Chance Louie, the local magistrate and owner of the Monkey Bar hangout, Sarah Stickney White, the bar's singer,who was actually an American spy, and Dutch minister Willie Tenboom, who was actually a German spy. Rounding out the cast of schemers was Princess Kogi, ruler of the nearby island of Matuka, and the samurai warrior Todo, who commanded her private army. With stolen gems and international politics -- Jake didn't know what he was in for when he, Sarah, Louis and the reverend flew to Kahiki to help fight a plague, and met a mixed group of spies, thieves and Princess Koji. Has Sarah fallen in love? Will Jake succumb to Koji's wiles? Can Willie betray his friends to his masters? Will the troubles of a Celtic island spell war across the Pacific?"