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Title: Orange Crush by Tim Dorsey ISBN: 0-06-103154-2 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 02 April, 2002 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.23 (26 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Dorsey Getting Better and Better
Comment: I rarely find a new author that rockets to the top my must read list, at the speed Tim Dorsey has. Dorsey another master of the Florida Crazy fiction was knocked at first for trying to hard to be like Carl Hiaasen. However now that he is in his third book he coming into his own and has a style all to his own. Dorsey crams alot a characters and little quick storylines and sometimes it can get a little confusing to the reader, but by the end Dorsey brings everything together usually with some very funny results.
"Orange Crush" revovles around the govenor's race for the great state of Florida. The incumbent Marlon Conrad is a a shoe in. Then Marlon has a political awakening and starts to be politician for the people instead of the politcian for big money. He buys a orange mobile home and starts visiting the lesser known parts of Florida looking for what the real people of Florida want. Along for the ride are his press secratary who is afraid of minorities and a speechwriter with amnesia. Gomer Tatum his opponent is being led by want-to-be first lady Jackie Monroeville. It the middle of this there is a killer loose. The story ends on election day and the result are pure classic Dorsey.
Tim Dorsey has now put himself on my top five author list. He is a must read for any fan of this genre. Readers who have read Dorsey may wonder at first where Serge is?? Don't worry he is there and is up to his usual tricks. For the first time reader you can start with "Orange Crush" but I suggest reading "Florida Roadkill" and "Hammerhead Ranch Motel" in order first. One word of warning Chapter 39 is so funny you might split a gut.
Rating: 5
Summary: Orange Crush
Comment: In his latest book, Tim Dorsey takes his cast of assorted Florida lowlifes and psychotics on a political road trip. The gubernatorial campaign is the backdrop for murder, mayhem and assorted amusing mishaps. A mean spirited and shallow candidate experiences a major paradigm shift after his reserve unit is activated causing him to end up in the middle of a bloody mess in the Balkans. Upon his return he takes to the back roads in an orange RV with a mysterious amnesiac/savant speechwriter and a minority-phobic press secretary in an attempt to find out what the regular people really want. While the press obsesses on the most average person in Florida, a serial killer is writing tourism slogans on his victims and a sociopathic developer is bringing NFL football to new lows. Fast and funny with well crafted characters this dark yet lighthearted comedy is a rapid and rewarding read. Although this is somewhat new territory, fans of Dorsey's earlier work will not be disappointed to find that a familiar character lurks in the foreground. This book is a thoroughly enjoyable view of the underbelly of Florida and the cesspool of politics.
Highly recommended.
Rating: 3
Summary: the crush
Comment: The characters are not easily forgotten. Very funny, as usual in Dorsey's books. Excellent political 'enlightenments'. Much Better than Dorsey's Florida Road Kill. All Dorsey's books are very funny and hard to put down.
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Title: Hammerhead Ranch Motel by Tim Dorsey ISBN: 0380732343 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 01 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Florida Road Kill: A Novel by Tim Dorsey ISBN: 0380732335 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 30 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Triggerfish Twist by Tim Dorsey ISBN: 0061031550 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 28 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Stingray Shuffle by Tim Dorsey ISBN: 0060520450 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 04 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Cadillac Beach : A Novel by Tim Dorsey ISBN: 0060520469 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 03 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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