Hammerhead Ranch Motel: 2 (Serge Storms) - Softcover

Dorsey, Tim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0380732343 ISBN 13: 9780380732340

Publisher: HarperTorch, 2001

Synopsis

There's a different schemer or slimeball behind every door: cocaine duckpins who have survived only by the dumbest fortune, hard-luck gigolos desperate to score, undercover cops busting undercover cops who are running sting operations on undercover cops. And just down the row, local historian and spree killer Serge A. Storms -- who has stopped keeping up with his meds -- is still looking for a briefcase stuffed with five million dollars...and is now capable of wreaking more havoc than hurricane Rolando-berto, the big wind gathering force offshore, just waiting for the opportunity to blow everything straight to hell.

Pack up your bags and head south to sunny Florida. Leave your rational mind at home and come well armed. There's a room with your number on it at the Hammerhead Ranch Motel.

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Review:

"Scathingly funny...An updated verson of "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World, " told by an author who apparently learned his literary skills from Hunter S. Thompson."-- "Rocky Mountain News""Some of the most wacky villians and situations since Hiaasen stuck a plastic alligator down a stranger's throat and called it "Tourist Season.""-- "Chicago Tribune""Close on the hyperactive heels of last year's "Florida Roadkill," Tampa writer Tim Dorsey has unleashed an equally blistering sequel."-- "Florida Today""With this follow-up to "Florida Roadkill," Dorsey places himself in the ranks of Laurence Shames and Carl Hiassen as a writer of hilarious, violent farces set in Florida...And a delightfully giddy ride it is, ending with the promise of more craziness to come." -- "Publishers Weekly""It would be easy to lump the 39-year old Dorsey with other authors of Florida sub-genre fiction. Where Dorsey differs from writers such as Carl Hiassen, James Hall and Elmore Leonard is the extent to which Dorsey twists the knife, ever aiming for maximum bloodletting. Those guys fire bullets. Dorsey makes sure his gun is filled with hollow-point."-- "Sarasota Herald-Tribune""Another raucous roadshow in the spirit of "Florida Roadkill.""-- "New York Times Book Review""In "Hammerhead Ranch Motel," Dorsey frequently...exhibits both a prodigious talent for dialogue and a delightful sense of the absurd."-- "St. Petersburg Times"""Hammerhead Ranch Motel" is Dorsey's follow-up to his hilarious debut, "Florida Roadkill." It's sweet relief to discover that Dorsey can keep up with himself. God knows nobody else can."-- "Miami Herald""Dorsey imbues "Hammerhead Ranch Motel" with the same wry humor, outlandish charactersand raw-edged situations that were the driving force of his 1999 debut novel, "Florida Roadkill.""-- "Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel""Dorsey...is back with a sequel that continues and amplifies the manic energy, wild characters, and outrageous situations of the original."-- "Booklist""Dorsey hit the ball out of the park with his debut novel, "Florida Roadkill." Now he has encored with the equally wild, wicked and wonderful "Hammerhead Ranch Motel.""-- "Boca Raton News"""Hammerhead Ranch Motel" is violent, vulgar, hysterically funny, and filled with wonderful, unique characters..."-- BookPage.com

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

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperTorch
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0380732343
• ISBN 13: 9780380732340
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 384