Book Review: Plugged by Eoin Colfer

Author:Eoin Colfer
Title: Plugged
Publication Info: AudioGO, 2011
ISBN:0792779835

Previously Read by the Same Author:

• Artemis Fowl 
• The Arctic Incident 
• The Eternity Code
• The Opal Deception 
• The Lost Colony 

Summary/Review: The author of the Artemis Fowl books branches out into grown-up novels with this crime adventure.  Daniel McEvoy is a war veteran turned bouncer, who has to struggle with his new hair implants and not getting killed when he stumbles into the middle of an organized crime ring (hence the double pun of the title).  The story is a humorous parody/pastiche of the mistaken identity crime novel.  It’s alternately bonkers and vulgar and while enjoyable it’s no masterpiece.

Recommended books: Yeats Is Dead! A Mystery by 15 Irish Writers by Joseph O’Connor and Payback by Thomas Kelly.

Rating: **1/2