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Skinny dip
[a novel]
568 pages
A sun-drenched, swampy romp of righteous revenge against spectacularly incompetent villains.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like taking a high-speed airboat ride through the weirdest, wildest parts of the Florida Everglades with a tour guide who can not stop cracking cynical jokes. It is a breezy, sun-drenched caper that balances dark, satirical humor with a surprisingly earnest core of environmental justice. The narrative moves at a brisk, chaotic clip, propelled by a cast of endearingly offbeat oddballs and spectacularly bumbling villains whose greed is matched only by their incompetence. The prose is snappy and colorful, laced with a wry irreverence that makes the escalating absurdity feel perfectly natural. It is an absolute delight for anyone who loves their crime fiction served with slapstick revenge, swampy atmosphere, and a gleefully vindictive spirit.
- Mood
- sun-drenched
- chaotic
- breezy
- swampy
- gleefully vindictive
- Tone
- satirical
- irreverent
- darkly comedic
- wry
- zany
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- righteous revenge · environmental justice · marital betrayal · the absurdity of greed · Florida eccentricities
- The writing
- Snappy, colorful, and laced with sharp, cynical wit that highlights the absurdity of the characters' actions.
- The arc
- Moves from the initial shock of betrayal to the gleeful, chaotic satisfaction of executing a perfectly unhinged revenge plot.
- Who it's for
- Readers who love their crime fiction served with a heavy dose of slapstick humor, environmentalism, and spectacularly incompetent villains.
Content notes
- attempted murder
- infidelity
- environmental destruction
- mild violence
About the book
Joey Perrone is a woman with a mission. She's just been pushed overboard from a cruise liner by Chaz, her scumbag husband, and survived to tell the tale. But rather than reporting him to the police, she decides to stay dead and - with a little help from her friends and a few of Chaz's enemies - instead of getting mad, she's going to get even. Filled with a host of endearingly offbeat characters, and a narrative that is hilarious, romantic and thought-provoking by turns, "Skinny Dip" takes us on a journey through the warped politics of Southern Florida and through the madness created by the human heart.
Description from Open Library.
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