Rating: Summary: I don't often laughout loud while reading! Review: This is just a pure fun book, but with a fascinating plot. The characters just keep evolving and crossing paths, although there are many occasions when you forget who is whom. I was sure that the ending wouldn't be as enjoyable as the rest of the story, but I was wrong.If you're looking for a cerebral read, then keep going. But if you want a story that laughs at itself and its characters, and makes you laugh in turn, then look no further.
Rating: Summary: Wonderful Book! Review: This was a hilarious and enjoyable book. I loved it! On my way to buy more Tim Dorsey!!!
Rating: Summary: A Must Buy Review: This whole series of books by Tim Dorsey can be described as a twisted and funny study on the dark side in all of human beings. Tim Dorsey manages to take everyday situations and make them incredibly funny. Based in Florida, the series follows the twisted life of Serge Storms (one of the best characters ever created) and all his sick, violent and disturbed adventures. Of course, along the way you will get to meet every kind of character you can imagine.
The interesting thing about this series is that behind all the funny stories, there are tons of social and political criticisms. I have read all the books in the series, and each one keeps getting better. If you are a fan of Quentin Tarantino movies, or South Park cartoons, you will love these books. A must buy.
Rating: Summary: Warning: May Be Hazardous to Your Health! Review: To anyone who thinks the description of laughter as "side-splitting" is an exageration, I have only one response: Read chapter 3 of The Stingray Shuffle. (Actually, read the entire book.) I was literally in tears, laughing uncontrollably, trying not to wake up my sleeping family as I read late into the night of the antics on the minature golf course/driving range, including the true goal of hitting a bucket of balls and the misadventures of Johnny Vegas, the Accidental Virgin. Tim Dorsey has written a series of zany adventures set in the ripe-for-satire Florida scene, further honing his literary skills with each ensuing book. I thought it would be hard to top the comic absurdity of his last effort, Triggerfish Twist, but this entry delivers the early promise so evident from the beginning. Read it and meet (or meet again, if you are already a fan) Serge A. Storms, the bad guy you just have to love. Find out what happens to the briefcase with $5 millon, careen all over Florida from the Keys to Tampa, West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale and points beyond all the way to NY City. Enjoy the forgotten pleasure of true belly laughs....but be prepared for the aching side effects of laughing until it hurts.
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