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Hammerhead Ranch Motel

Hammerhead Ranch Motel

by TimDorsey (Author)

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    Paperback 2000

    $8.46
Synopsis

The sequel to the remarkable Florida Roadkill -- an extraordinarily original novel from a new young American author -- a funny, stylish, irreverent and shocking thriller. Tim Dorsey's sparklingly original debut novel -- Florida Roadkill -- was a hyper, jump-cut, manic black comedy that took Florida Noir to new extremes. Fellow writers and critics were quick to acclaim the bright new talent that created a high-voltage crime tale suffused with blacker-than-black humour and an infectious fascination with Florida's strange beauty. In Florida Roadkill, the strangely lovable homicidal maniac Serge Storms drove a series of stolen cars around Florida in pursuit of five million dollars hidden in the boot of the wrong car, leaving behind him a bewildering trail of bodies. Now, Serge takes up the chase once more, tracking the car and its hidden money to a dilapidated motel in Tampa -- the Hammerhead Ranch Motel.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 304
 Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 07 Aug 2000
ISBN 10: 0006513069
ISBN 13: 9780006513063

Media Reviews
'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 USD 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
Author Bio
Tim Dorsey grew up in Riviera Beach on Florida's southeast coast, and for several years has worked as a journalist on the night desk of the Tampa Tribune, where his duties include sorting through endless reports of brutal and strange crimes. Humour is a natural defence reaction to editing this parade of dysfunction, violence and stupidity, and it has led to a surreal, Florida-noir way of looking at things that became first Florida Roadkill and now Hammerhead Ranch Motel. 'What a tour guide Tim Dorsey is. This guy is an insane comic angel with uranium for brains and fifty heartbeats a second. Wow, what a ride.' JAMES HALL