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Florida Roadkill
384 pages
A manic, sun-drenched joyride through the weirdest, deadliest corners of the Sunshine State.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like being strapped into the passenger seat of a stolen convertible driven by a brilliant, trivia-obsessed lunatic. It is a relentlessly propulsive, neon-lit descent into the bizarre underbelly of the Sunshine State, where the humidity is thick and the morality is entirely absent. The narrative moves at a breakneck, hyperactive pace, bouncing between pitch-black comedy and shocking, creative violence without ever missing a beat. It is an unapologetically chaotic experience, soaking the reader in a frenetic atmosphere of cheap motels, dive bars, and sun-baked highways. Fans of absurd, high-octane crime capers will devour this manic, laugh-out-loud celebration of greed, incompetence, and uniquely Floridian madness.
- Mood
- sun-baked
- frenetic
- neon-lit
- chaotic
- Tone
- manic
- irreverent
- darkly comedic
- satirical
- absurd
- Pace
- propulsive
- Themes
- Florida's bizarre underbelly · chaotic justice · the absurdity of greed · sun-drenched madness
- The writing
- The prose is punchy, hyperactive, and relentlessly kinetic, firing off dark jokes and obscure local trivia at breakneck speed.
- The arc
- The reader is strapped into a runaway rollercoaster of escalating absurdity, oscillating between shock and uncontrollable laughter.
- Who it's for
- Readers who crave high-octane, unapologetically bizarre crime capers laced with pitch-black humor and creative mayhem.
Content notes
- graphic violence
- heavy drug use
- dark humor
- creative murder
- sexual content
About the book
Local trivia buff Serge loves inflicting pain. Drug-addled Coleman, his partner in crime, loves cartoons. Hot stripper Sharon Rhodes loves cocaine, especially when purchased with righ dead men's money. Then there's Sean and David, who love fishing--and helping turtles cross busy thoroughfares. Unfortunately, they're about to cross paths with a suitcase filled with $5 million in stolen money. Serge wants the suitcase. Sharon wants the suitcase. Coleman wants more drugs...and the suitcase. A hitman wants Satan to reign supreme. A slimy, insurance-frauding dentist wants his fingers back. In the meantime, there's murder by gun, Space Shuttle, Barbie doll, and Levi's 501s. Welcome to Florida!
Description from Open Library.
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