Ensconced in a lovely tropical villa on idyllic Triggerfish Lane, Jim Davenport anticipates the good life to come. But this isn't living -- it's Florida and the neighborhood is not quite what it seems. It's got overly aggressive Little League parents, drug-free Rastafarians, homicidal hookers, unnatural sex and casual violence. Oh, yes, and there's a psychopathic serial killer-cum-Sunshine-State folklorist named Serge A. Storms living directly across the street. So it's only a matter of time before Jim up and actually kills somebody ...
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'"Over the top, absurd and hilarious...Supremely entertaining"'
Time Out
Triggerfish Lane, Tampa. An idyllic Florida neighbourhood...at least on the surface. When mild-mannered family man Jim Davenport moves in, he thinks his new tropical villa home is a slice of heaven. Then he meets the neighbours, and things get rapidly out of hand.
Accidentally killing a notorious bank robber and losing his job is bad enough. But then Serge Storms – the lovable homicidal maniac with an encyclopedic knowledge of Florida folklore – decides to appoint himself lucky Jim's friend and protector, and he begins to realise that he is truly in the neighbourhood from Hell.
'Fast, funny and hugely inventive, Tim Dorsey's manic new tale of murder and mayhem is bursting with the irresistibly addictive energy and black humour that have won him such remarkable praise:'
"This is comic crime at its best. Impeccable bad taste...evoking the rageful satire of Carl Hiassen and the malicious vindictiveness of Hunter S. Thompson"
'The Guardian'
"I almost exploded with laughter...it's manic, hysterical and puts Dorsey well up there with the cream of the comic writers who have made Florida the centre for satirising America in the 21st Century"
'Independent on Sunday'
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A “brilliant satirist (Providence Journal), the author of Florida Roadkill and Orange Crush delivers more murder and mayhem in the wacky world of Florida Transferred to Tampa, mild-mannered Midwestern family man Jim Davenport thinks his new tropical villa home is a slice of heaven--until he encounters his new neighbors, a crazy collection that includes none other than Serge Storms and his incomparable cohorts Coleman and Sharon. It all becomes too much for Jim, and before the former farm boy knows it, he's gone and killed the youngest of the infamous McGraw Brothers--newly released ex-cons eager for revenge. As the calendar moves toward July Fourth, Jim and company will meet up in a spectacular extravaganza sure to be the biggest blowout Tampa has ever seen! This prequel to Dorsey's first novel, "Florida Roadkill, " provides an "insanely funny" ("New York Times") tale of murder and mayhem in the Sunshine State. Jim Davenport anticipates the good life on Triggerfish Lane, but the area is not what it seems, what with its casual violence, homicidal hookers, and a serial killer-cum-folklorist living across the street. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780061031557