Ask the Dust vs The Monkey's Raincoat: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Los angeles, California, Fiction
Ask the Dust
Arturo Bandini is a struggling writer lodging in a seedy LA hotel. While basking in the glory of having had a single short story published in a small magazine, he meets local waitress Camilla Lopez and they embark on a…
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The Monkey's Raincoat
When Los Angeles private detective Elvis Cole investigates the disappearance of Ellen Lang's husband and young son, he stumbles into a bizarre nightmare of high-level intrigue, missing drugs, and murder in Hollywood's…
The verdict
- Readers rate Ask the Dust highest: Ask the Dust 4.2 · The Monkey's Raincoat 4.0.
- The Monkey's Raincoat has the widest readership — 1411 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Ask the Dust | The Monkey's Raincoat | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 4.0 (65) | 3.8 (57) |
| Google Books | 2.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (103) | 4.0 (1411) |
Reception
| Ask the Dust | The Monkey's Raincoat | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 103 | 1411 |
| Editions | 10 | 7 |
| Citations | 14 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Pages | 208 | 256 |