Cadillac Beach

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Summary: Aw, Man, It's F*ck*n' Awesome!
Review: Cadillac Beach is as brilliantly wild and insane as it's lead character, the frighteningly too hard to contain Serge Storms. Yes, it does jump around through time, but if you have trouble following the storyline because of this, then this book is way beyond your mental capabilities and should be set down slowly, gently...thatta boy, now walk away from the smart and funny novel. Don't look back. Go buy yourself a nice comic book. I once followed the Fletch and Flynn series by Gregory McDonald religiously, but I'm now glad to have graduated to the grander, zanier, bloodier stories of Tim Dorsey. Can't you just see Billy Bob Thorton pulling off Serge so well in the too-short, not-as-good-as-the-book but still wildly popular movies? That should give you some idea of what you're getting into if you haven't read any of Tim's books yet. Dark, manic, goofy-ass adult fun! How does he keep all the plotlines intact in his head while he's writing this stuff? Bravo! Brilliant! Great research! You scare me a little, Mr. Dorsey...do it some more!

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Summary: Take This Killer Tour of South Florida
Review: Serge E. Storms is back and this time he's angry. Well, I guess not just this time, but Serge is looking to solve the mystery of his father's death and maybe make a little money doing it. He also has a brilliant idea that will bring all his unusual talents together, if you consider murder and a freakish knowledge of South Florida trivia a talent. So Serge, along with his pot head sidekick Lenny, start a new venture, giving tours of the backside and underworld of Florida while offering an interesting twist, help solve his father's murder and win a prize. So with Cadillac Beach, Dorsey reinforces his image of Hiiasen on speed by upping the pace and increasing the body count with fun results. Dorsey adds a twist this time by going back in time to give us a look at the misfortunes of his father. Even the ending though kind of corny, offered a few surprises and more than a couple laughs.

For the most part you can count on Dorsey for a fun ride and this time was no exception. While it can be tough to keep all the characters straight and Dorsey offers plenty of oddball characters that could almost center there own stories. This wasn't the best of Dorsey's books but it did offer us some interesting new twists in Serge's madcap story

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Summary: Long awaited but SOOO worth every second!
Review: Tim Dorsey's sixth book and is sixth in the Serge A. Storms series! I absolutely loved this book (but I'm not shocked since I've loved all Dorsey's books). It's the ideal description of manic and mayhem, just add mischief and murder!

Serge decides he's going to get to the truth about his grandfather's death. Throughout the novel as Serge is trying to get all the details by excuting his "Master Plan", we get a ton of flashbacks from the 1960s building up to Sergio's death. I like how Cadillac Beach is different from the other Dorsey novels because of the flashback scenes.

There's so much I want to say about this book, but I don't want to give any of it away! I was constantly laughing out loud... I even had to stop and call my dad (another avid Dorsey reader) numerous times to say, "You'll never believe who just made a camio in Cadillac Beach!"

It's a fabulous read and it seriously keeps you thinking! If this might be you're first Dorsey read, it's okay! No previous secrets will be revealed... but do read the rest, I'm insanely obsessed with all of them!