I haven't, but I have been seeing his awful low-budget commercials for years where he serves as his own pitchman. Wondering if they're any good.

[ open on images of various book covers ]

Announcer: From best selling novelist Harlan Kane, author of "The Medici Codex", "The Perseus Enigma", and "The Genghis Rubicon"... comes an all-new thriller that you won't be able to put down:

[ dissolve to new book cover ]

Announcer: "The Abacus Conundrum".

[ dissolve to Harlan Kane proudly holding up his new book ]

Harlan Kane: I wrote another book. Buckle up!

[ dissolve to more book covers ]

Announcer: He had you on the edge of your seat, with "The Harlequin Protocol", "The Ichabod Formula", and "The Pinochet Sudoku".

[ dissolve to new book cover ]

Announcer: He'll blow you over the edge... with "The Abacus Conundrum".

[ dissolve to close-up of Harlan Kane ]

Harlan Kane: Did you buckle up yet?

[ dissolve to more book covers ]

Announcer: "The Nostradamus Mechanism", "The Godiva Gyroscope", "The Pokemon Directive".

[ dissolve to close-up of Harlan Kane smirking ]

Announcer: And now, Harlan Kane has crafted his most brilliant adventure yet!

[ cut to Harlan Kane jumping from the excitement of reading his own book ]

Harlan Kane: Whoa-oa! [ laughing ] Didn't see that coming! [ he holds his composure and smirks ]

[ dissolve to more book covers ]

Announcer: The acclaimed visionary behind "The Vespucci Containment", "The Grimmelman Mosaic", and "The Marmaduke Betrayal".

[ dissolve to new book cover ]

Announcer: And now... "The Abacus Conundrum".

[ cut to Harlan Kane still reading his own book ]

Harlan Kane: A lot of good words in this book.

[ dissolve to more book covers ]

Announcer: AND... in January 2011... get ready for: "The Picasso Imbroglio", "The Brenda Effect", "The Fuddruckers Ultimatum", AND "Mac for Dummies".

[ dissolve to close-up of Harlan Kane smirking and moving his head around ]

Announcer: ALL from visionary author Harlan Kane!

[ dissolve to new book cover ]

Announcer: "The Abacus Conundrum".

[ dissolve to Harlan Kane shrugging his shoulders ]

Harlan Kane: I don't know. People keep reading them!

[ dissolve to new book cover, with "$8.99 at Rite-Aid" tag ]

Announcer: Available EVERYWHERE!

[ fade ]

no, but only because i am illiterate.

Strangely enough I was just given 4 that he cowrote. Will let you know.

- Book Clubler

"Zoo" was really good. Graphic violence with animals killing people throughout. Havent read anything else. Went back to Michael Crichton.

oh shit, Zoo is one of the ones I got. I'M GOIN' IN.

I have never heard of this guy.

He's that guy with the book covers that look like every other mass-market paperback on the shelf at a drug store.

Hilariously bad promotionals.



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Zoo is decent so far, definitely plenty of lion attacks. "world's number one selling author" writing as a broke metalhead seems... off. But the phrase "maniacal lions" has made it worth it so far. and it was cowritten so I wonder how much the other guy had to do with it. But if this is supposed to be one of his best books, I should be fuckin sucked in by now, dammit.

its worth reading. I give it a B for BOB GUMLER SAYS ITS WORTH READING.

That's the guy from twilight? Ya i love all his book.