Torpedo Juice

Zusatztext "Brutally funny" Informationen zum Autor Tim Dorsey was a reporter and editor for the Tampa Tribune from 1987 to 1999, and is the author of twenty-five other novels: Mermaid Confidential, Tropic of Stupid ,  Naked Came the Florida Man, No Sunscreen for the Dead,   Pope of Palm Beach, Clownfish Blues, Coconut Cowboy, Shark Skin Suite, Tiger Shrimp Tango, The Riptide Ultra-Glide, When Elves Attack, Pineapple Grenade, Electric Barracuda, Gator A-Go-Go, Nuclear Jellyfish, Atomic Lobster, Hurricane Punch, The Big Bamboo, Torpedo Juice, Cadillac Beach, The Stingray Shuffle, Triggerfish Twist, Orange Crush, Hammerhead Ranch Motel , and Florida Roadkill . He lives in Florida. Klappentext The drinks are on Sunshine State historian/spree killer Serge A. Storms, who's decided it's high time he got married. So he's motoring down to the Florida Keys -- the ultimate end of the line -- in search of Ms. Right . . . and finding his doped-up basket case bud Coleman along the way. But for Serge, "getting hitched" doesn't necessarily mean "settling down" -- not when South Florida is crawling with slimeballs, swindlers, unrepentant jerks, and annoying bystanders whose ranks need some serious thinning. Zusammenfassung More mayhem, madness, and mystery ensue in Tim Dorsey's seventh entry in “Florida’s hottest helter-skelter, hallucinogenic freak show” ( Publishers Weekly ). Though he may not always show it, lovable serial killer Serge Storms has a romantic side. Sure, life as a fugitive on the Overseas Highway has been fun. But it’s been lonely too, especially now that he’s hit the beautiful Florida Keys. Serge wants a bride. And nothing will come between him and his soul mate ... when he finally hunts her down. On the road to finding Ms. Right, Serge will hook up with an astonishing array of scoundrels, schemers, and hoodlums, including an old accomplice he thought was long dead; a gaggle of irregular regulars at the No Name pub, a remote bar in the Keys’ back country; a drug kingpin with a penchant for solitude and brutality; and a notorious real estate swindler who sets Serge’s heart aflutter. And while the course of true love is never smooth, things soon go wildly out of control with a lovesick Serge hilariously leading the way. ...

Product details

• Authors: Tim Dorsey
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.03.2006
• EAN: 9780060585617
• ISBN: 978-0-06-058561-7
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 105 mm x 175 mm x 28 mm
• Series: Serge Storms; Serge Storms
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; Short Stories, Thriller / suspense fiction, Crime and mystery fiction, Fiction: general and literary, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Crime and mystery: cosy mystery, Comic (humorous) fantasy, FICTION: General, FICTION: Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION: Crime, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Cozy / General, FICTION: Humorous / General, FICTION: Fantasy / Humorous, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators, FICTION: Humorous / Black Humor, Adventure / action fiction, FICTION: Humorous / Dark Humor