The Hair-Raising Adventures of Jayms Blonde: Project Popcorn

Cabell weaves a wacky wonderful adventure which is pure entertainment and fun. While Jaymes Blonde's sexual preferences and style do not coincide with my own, I thoroughly enjoyed this entertaining book which is packed with humor and fun from beginning to end... Open your mind and set yourself free with this hilarious well written book!

Cabell, Robert W. "The Hair-raising Adventures of Jayms Blonde: Project Popcorn", iUniverse, 2008. A Sexy Gay Crusader Amos Lassen Parody and satire are very difficult to write well and if they miss a beat, they can fail completely. Robert Cabell has written an almost perfect parody that will keep you laughing all the way through. And it is not really a parody but a whole new take on the James Bond novels with 007 replaced by gay, hunky superhero Jayms Blonde, a former US Navy Seal is a hairdresser by profession but also a secret agent for an international organization which has taken the task of protection of our planet against those who attack it through environmental terrorism. He doesn't work alone; by his side is his partner and manicure assistant, Precious Needmore. This sage is about Jayms being called to stop the plans of Zaroya, head of Zenron (Zealot Environmental Nazis Ruthlessly Obliterating Nature). Zaroya has planned to use agricultural genocide to kill the world's popcorn crop while at the same time starting a war in the Middle East to help her own Chinese allies and out environmental legislation in the United States in danger. Is this preposterous? Of course it is but it is also great fun. It is a wonderful example of camp (and beyond) and there are bad puns (for days) and double entendres that are hopelessly corny while being amazingly funny at the same time. It's quite simply, a fun book to read. Using the slogan "Green is the new pink", we follow sexy Jayms through madcap adventures in the world of environmental espionage. As Blonde and Needmore fight to save the planet from both bad air and bad hair, they are armed with bulletproof mousse, Uzi blow dryers, and hair curler grenades. They are fabulous and they make everything else look fabulous. There are graphic illustrations every few pages which are quite stylized and give the book a feel of over-the-top. What Cabell has done is transformed literature and film's most admirable, masculine and sexy spy, James Bond into a very active and campy gat superhero. I bet he had great fun writing this book but I'll bet I had ore fun reading it. The names of the characters alone will keep you laughing, i.e. Connie Ling Qua and Hugh Humpit. There is also a serious message here as Cabell gives us Jayms Blonde as an environmental cheerleader. So what is missing from the book? There is a lack of subtlety which is not a bad thing--everything is right there in your face. There are no, in your face, sex scenes, however. There are allusions to sex but nothing really raunchy. This is not literature as we know it and I doubt it will win any prizes for greatness but that does not mean it is not good. I loved it and hopefully my book group will select it, if for no other reason than that it is fun. We all know about the ferocity of gay hairdressers but do we ever have the chance to read about them? Even fiercer is a gay hairdresser on a mission and that mission is full of comedy, over-the to

Jaymes Blond is a great character and is full of humor. A must read for all who hate bab hair and bad air. It's a gread book for the summer. It will keep you on edge of your seat. Enjoyed every page!!

It was so great to read a book that was funny and really different. James Blonde gives new meaning to "under cover agent". This book makes going green very sexy. It's packed full of one liners and it is a terrific book to share with friends.

Jayms Blonde is a hunky, gay former US Navy Seal who is a hairdresser by trade but also the top secret agent for an international organization dedicated to protecting our planet from those who attack it through environmental terrorism. With his manicure assistant/significant other Precious Needmoore at his side, Jayms is summoned to twart the plans of the notorious Zaroya, head of ZENRON (Zealot Environmental Nazis Ruthlessly Obliterating Nature), who plans to plans to unleash agricultural genocide (killing the world's popcorn crop) while simultaneously starting a middle East war to help her Chinese scientific allies and hurt the chances for environmental legislation in the US. Armed with his trusty blow dryer (which shoots teflon bullets, and supplemented with exploding hair rollers and press-on nails), and able to zoom to any location with his agency's one-of-a-kind bumble-bee wings, Jayms is ready to "get rambunctious" to put an end to bad air (and bad hair, as long as he has his styling comb) to save the day! Is it waaaaaay "over the top"? Duh, yeah! It's cartoonish on many levels, including literally (Most chapters have a scene illustrated by a cartoon panel that would be right at home in a Batman comic), and the dialogue is a overflowing well of camp, bad puns and more double entendres per page than I can count. But it's also a brilliant satire of the actual James Bond novels, complete with versions of the chief, the "gadget" guy, buffoonish villains and clueless CIA operatives. It's not great literature, nor a challenging mystery, but it is great fun and the perfect vacation read for someone who wants to put day to day realities on hold for a while. Five stars (and a bonus combover) out of five!