A great author for “beach reading”
season. More a series of hilarious
character sketches loosely attached to a plot than a novel, the book is set in
the Florida that the author obviously knows well and loves, and the despoiling
of its fragile environment outrages him.
A huge hurricane is coming and newly-weds Max and Bonnie Lamb, there for
a honeymoon in Orlando, rush into the storm, rather than away – Max is hoping
to videotape memorable moments to post online and make their fortune. Instead he is kidnapped by the crazy
ex-governor, now a mythic figure called Skink who lives in the swamps. Other scam artists, hoping to capitalize on
the disaster (by faking injuries) show up; a crooked building inspector who conducted
“drive-by” inspections and the salesman of the now flattened sub-standard
trailer homes are stalked by an irate mobster whose mother was killed as a
result; and a young man who inherited his uncle’s wild game preserve is
searching for the escaped exotic animals.
The stories begin to intertwine. 388
pp.
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