How can she deliver gorilla-grams when she's dogged by a doberman who's being dogged by dognappers? And how is she to deliver a gorilla-gram on top of a high rise building project without looking like a re-make of King Kong? There's a price on the head of Hermione the doberman, and the mayhem of the Send A Gorilla daily routine turns to madness as unscrupulous bounty-hunters track the truant dog.
DJ Chris Dean is a one-man crusade against romance and valentines, spreading his meassage of cynicism and misogyny over the airwaves of Wellington.īut Chris has one love - his missing dog - and he'll give anything to get her back. What's not on the way up is on the way down - fast - except for the Voice of Wellington who is simply over the top. It's Wellington, the windy capital of New Zealand in the throes of a building boom. The action skates over a landscape reminiscent of London after the blitz. To top it all off, a doberman has fallen in love with Clare's gorilla costume. While Clare wants her son, and Vicki wants her boyfriend run out of town, Joy just wants out.Īnd although they don't know it, their landlord wants them all out, and he's perpared to destroy the Company in the progress. She's feeling bitter - definitely the wrong flavour for her valentine sideline.a "food of love" chocolate covered strawberry stall.Īnd Joy, the reluctant recruit from the opera school, looks like Tootsie and talks like the voice of doom. Vicki has picked today to throw her tow-timing boyfriend out on the street.
It's a dilemma for any self-respecting lawyer. So does Clare's estranged husband, but he's the man who's ordered a singing valentine for his computer.
Her son loves gorillas, but lawyers think they belong in a zoo. Today's the day that the custody of Clare's son will be decided.