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Summary: You'll be amazed at what you laugh at
Review: Florida Roadkill is a hilarious tale of sex, drugs, money, violence and, of course, rock 'n roll. The schizo antihero, Serge Storms, and about 14 other whackos are on their own roadtrips through Florida, headed south. The fast-paced plot exaggerates actual news events, tying them together on the way to the 7th game of the World Series in Miami. I laughed out loud and couldn't put it down. Tim Dorsey is twisted, delightfully so. I salivate for more. Serge lives!
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Summary: Wonderfully sick!
Review: It's fantastically bent. This is what happens when brilliant minds run in the gutter. I should know, I'm his brother. Be prepared for a long, hillarious ride! More to come.
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Summary: You'll be amazed at what you laugh at
Review: This is a hilarious tale full of crime, violence and maniacs each travelling their own wacky roadtrip south. The main character, the schizo antihero, Serge Storms, is a true madman. The plot and subplots are exaggerations of Florida headlines. Laughing out loud, I couldn't put it down. Dorsey is twisted, and delightfully so. I am looking forward to more. Serge lives!.
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Summary: This book should get NO stars, but that was not an option
Review: Wow, is this a bad book. No, I mean really bad. I laughed a little at first, but with NO redeeming characters, NO real story, lots of violence and disgusting stuff, I stopped laughing and started going "oh, yuck" alot! I'm not a big fan of Hiiasen or Leonard, either, but find their work light years ahead of this trash. I read all the way to the end, but it never got any better. Take a pass on this one.
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Summary: hard to follow
Review: Too many characters, hard to follow. Very shallow no depth to the people. Is everybody in Florida that crazy? I don't think so!!
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Summary: A great read. Combination of James Hall and Elmore Leonard.
Review: Funny, raucous, a laugh a minute
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Summary: Dorsey an emerging figure in slash-and-burn Florida fiction
Review: Picture this scene: I'm riding in a Greyhound bus filled with various low-lifes (including myself) from Gainesville to Ft. Myers (both in Florida) with this book in hand, laughing out loud every 5 minutes or so. Ordinarily, this is not proper behavior on such a trip, where you should keep your mouth shut and your valuables firmly in grasp. Kudos to you, Mr. Dorsey, for your ability to express the insanity of Florida crime with such wit and candor. You are truly in league with Hiaasen and Leonard for great Florida crime fiction. I can't wait until the next book for the exploits of Serge, who is certainly in line for admission into the Crime Character Hall of Fame (next to Hiaasen's Skink).
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Summary: The Tasmanian Devil Does Fiction
Review: I loved this. "Florida Roadkill" was richly humorous and very creative, the literary equivalent to a mouthful of Pop Rocks candy. Most importantly, it succeeded in thumbing its nose at all the mainstream-fiction rules that frown on multiple points of view, busloads of characters and intricate plots. ... Looking forward to Number Two.
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Summary: An amazing off the wall tour of South Florida
Review: Take a dash of Hunter S. Thompson's drug induced weirdness, mix in a little Elmore Leanord's action, and throw in Carl Hiassen's sarcasm, add little too good to be true stories of South Florida, ask Quentin Tarantino to edit it and you have Tim Dorsey's book.Dorsey's book is simply outstanding and the bizarre cast of characters keeps the book moving for an enjoyable read. Dorsey's book definetly has Florida down pat, from Tampa's death metal scene to the fascination af NASA launches to Hemingway festival in Key West. Dorsey has written an amazing first book and should be considered in the league of other South Florida writers like Hiassen, Barry, Hall and Standiford (most of whom make small cameos in the book). Hopefully, we shall be hearing from Tim Dorsey in the future and even more hopefully, it'll come soon.
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Summary: A hilarious look at Florida's hard, dark underbelly
Review: Tim Dorsey is muscleing his way into a genre, or even sub-genre, which has been dominated by some pretty heavy company, Leonard, Hiassen, John D. MacDonald to name a few. The Wild, Wild Florida crime novel. While this book might scare tourists from ever heading down I-75, it reveals the bittersweet relationship that Floridians have always enjoyed with our state. The outrageous characters carry this novel through a pretty slow start, but the last one hundred pages or so fly by with dark humor, binding suspense and a fast-paced climax. A great read that finally shows that we have just as many oddballs, crooked executives and con men in Tampa as Miami. A fun read but with one caveat, Dorsy does not really break the mold of Hiassen or match the pace of Elmore Leonard, even though it's incredibly original it's still shadowed by the other two authors, but still a great read!
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