Hammerhead Ranch Motel - Softcover

Dorsey, Tim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0006513069 ISBN 13: 9780006513063

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2000

Synopsis

The sequel to the remarkable Florida Roadkill – an extraordinarily original novel from a new young American author – a funny, stylish, irreverent and shocking thriller.

Tim Dorsey’s sparklingly original debut novel – Florida Roadkill – was a hyper, jump-cut, manic black comedy that took Florida Noir to new extremes. Fellow writers and critics were quick to acclaim the bright new talent that created a high-voltage crime tale suffused with blacker-than-black humour and an infectious fascination with Florida’s strange beauty.

In Florida Roadkill, the strangely lovable homicidal maniac Serge Storms drove a series of stolen cars around Florida in pursuit of five million dollars hidden in the boot of the wrong car, leaving behind him a bewildering trail of bodies. Now, Serge takes up the chase once more, tracking the car and its hidden money to a dilapidated motel in Tampa – the Hammerhead Ranch Motel.

About this title

About the Author

Tim Dorsey grew up in Riviera Beach on Florida’ south-east coast, and for several years has worked as a journalist on the night desk of the ‘Tampa Tribune’ where his duties include sorting through endless reports of brutal an strange crimes. Humour is a natural defence reaction to editing this parade of dysfunction, violence and stupidity, and it has led to a surreal, Florida-noir way of looking at things that became first ‘Florida Roadkill’ and now ‘Hammerhead Ranch Motel’

From the Back Cover

From cocaine to moon rock to turtle eggs, this run-down motel near Tampa Bay has housed smugglers and scams of every description. But its stained and bullet-scarred rooms have never seen anybody like Serge Storms, the strangely loveable homicidal misfit – who's just about to check in.

In Tim Dorsey's acclaimed black comedy ' Florida Roadkill' Serge left behind a trail for murder and mayhem as he sped around the Sunshine State in pursuit of five million dollars hidden in the wrong car. Now, get ready for another wild ride as, with Hurricane Rolando-berto about to blow, Serge takes up the chase once more.

'This one rocks. Like Carl Hiaasen on acid, Elmore Leonard on speedballs, this doesn't let go from the first to the last page. I loved it.'
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

'Over-the-top, absurd and hilarious…all the right ingredients are present in this manic kaleidoscope of bizarre mayhem. Supremely entertaining.'
TIME OUT

'Fiercely energetic, outrageously funny…imagine Hunter S. Thompson sharing a byline with Groucho Marx.'
TAMPA TRIBUNE

'Jittery, bizarre and utterly charming, it reads as if Quentin Tarantino wrote it on a rum runner-and-speedball binge after baking too long in the sun.'
MIAMI HERALD

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0006513069
• ISBN 13: 9780006513063
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304