Cadillac Beach (Thorndike Press Large Print Americana Series) - Hardcover

Dorsey, Tim

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786266538 ISBN 13: 9780786266531

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 2004

Synopsis

Determined to learn the truth about his grandfather's death, Serge Storms journeys to South Florida, where he learns that his grandfather may have been involved in an infamous gem heist case.

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Review:

Serge Storms and his dope-smoking pal Lenny are back in Dorsey's newest Florida caper, a manic comic novel that's as bipolar as its protagonist and almost as incoherent. It has something to do with Serge's quest to find some missing diamonds and solve the 40-year-old riddle of his grandfather's murder, which not at all coincidentally seems tied into a 1964 heist that made a robber named Murph the Surf and a stone called the Star of India famous. Dorsey's pacing, plotting and flashbacks are as out of control as his characters, who include a couple of Mafia capos, a few FBI agents and some hapless and quite unlucky conventioneers, but Serge's rants do provide the reader with a colourful cultural history of south Florida. --Jane Adams, Amazon.com

About the Author:

Tim Dorsey was a reporter and editor for the Tampa Tribune from 1987 to 1999 and lives in Tampa, Florida. His previous novel, The Stingray Shuffle, was also published by Robert Hale.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thorndike Pr
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0786266538
• ISBN 13: 9780786266531
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 512