Hammerhead Ranch Motel (Serge Storms) - Hardcover

Dorsey, Tim

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0688167837 ISBN 13: 9780688167837

Publisher: William Morrow & Company, 2000

Synopsis

The crazy cast of Florida Roadkill returns in a new novel, checking into the Hammerhead Ranch Hotel to track down a mass murderer and a missing Florida folklorist. 35,000 first pirnting.

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Review:

‘This takes the Hiaasen formula and adds Tarantino-laced amphetamine to the mix; the ensuing mayhem is raucous, body-strewn and both sinister and hilarious.’ Maxim Jakubowski, Guardian

‘If you though psychopathic Serge had slaughtered enough poor sods in Dorsey’s first novel, Florida Roadkill, think again. Still in search of the missing $5M drugs money, he’s ruthless, violent and confusingly endearing. With his soulmates, drug runner Zargoza and dopehead Lenny, he’s terrorising Tampa, home to reefers, revolvers and rock’n’roll – not to mention Toto the dancing weather dog and a massive hurricane. A rollicking read that makes Carl Hiaasen’s stuff look like something by Barbara Cartland.’ Daily Mirror

‘Now here’s a rip-roaring, rollicking read and a suitable follow-up to this highly acclaimed author's sparkling debut Florida Roadkill. Comedy doesn't get much blacker. A bullet-riddled rollercoaster ride that will have you alternating between being sick with laughter and just being sick.’ Dublin Evening Herald

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: William Morrow & Company
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0688167837
• ISBN 13: 9780688167837
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 291