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Summary: Thank God this is fiction! Florida isn't really like this?!
Review: This first-time author has written a fun read that means that Elmore Leonard, Carl Hiassen and Dave Barry now have so more competition. I am anxiously awaiting his next book!
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Summary: IT WASN'T FUNNY UNTIL DORSEY SAID IT !!!!
Review: I SUPPOSE EVRYONE KNOWS FLA. HAS A REPUTATION FOR DRUG PROBLEMS, CRIME, STRANGE CHARACTERS AND GENERAL WIERDNESS BUT IT WAS NEVER FUNNY UNTIL TIM DORSEY PUT HIS SPIN ON IT. FLORIDA ROADKILL TAKES FACTS AND POETIC LICENSE AND WEAVES IT TOGETHER AND PRODUCES A VERY FUNNY STORY. FLORIDA HAS SOME VERY TALENTED WRITERS AND DORSEY IS ONE OF OUR NEWEST AND BEST. READ FLORIDA ROADKILL AND SEE THE PROOF !
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Summary: total gut-blowout
Review: If you gotta get dat flavor in your knuckle, Florida Roadkill will pop your skull...clean. Mighty all de way. Gimmie a pigfoot and a bottle of beer!
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Summary: a delightful serio -comic drama
Review: In 1997, the Marlins compete in the World Series with game seven to decide who is the champion. While that event has brought the attention of the baseball world to Southern Florida, ex-con George Veale steals a suitcase filled with millions in drug money from Charles Saffron. Not caring how he regains the loot, Charles hires detective Mo Grenadine to obtain the cash.However, everyone on the street and even the gaiters in the Everglades know about the missing money even before Mo learns about it. At about the same time, a couple of two-bit cons Serge and Coleman meet and form a crime partnership with murderer Sharon Rhodes. The trio goes on the road committing one crime after another. When the two males learn about the lost loot, they decide to obtain it for themselves. However, the sexy, but deadly Sharon muscles in on their plan even though Serge and Coleman object. While felonies occur, the Marlins step closer to victory. Meanwhile, all the players involved with the suitcase game will soon reach the final inning too. FLORIDA ROADKILL is a weird novel that laughs at the Sunshine state while actually paying homage to its eccentric mix of residents and visitors. The entertaining story line slices and dices the state. At times the plot is a gut wrenching satire, laughing at the excesses and foibles of Southern Florida. However, in other chapters Tim Dorsey allows graphic murders to overwhelm the irony of the tale. Anyone who takes pleasure from reading about the humorous, bloody, but pathetic antics of a bunch of sleazy nons will love the zany FLORIDA ROADKILL. In his debut novel, Tim Dorsey shows he has a talent for ironic overkill. Harriet Klausner 7/27/99
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Summary: A horrible, hilarious ride...
Review: I feared this book but could not put it down. What a horribly strange trip. Tim Dorsey's Roadkill will rearrange your synapses while simultaneously juggling multiple levels of meaning with the impact of a shovel in the head. Behind this book hovers an impishly hilarious spirit. This ain't Paradise portrayal, but it is the best book I've read in years.
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Summary: Depth of a flattened iguana, a good thing indeed.
Review: If this book is five-star material, then I'm Carl Hiassen. Seriously, the dark humor portrayed here means sunglasses are definitely required at a midnight Mass Dorsey is barrelling down the road with his headlights on bright.
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Summary: The ultimate black humor Florida road trip book.
Review: Anyone who lives in Florida MUST read this book -- Florida references, particularly Tampa and the Keys, are everywhere. Dorsey adds a colossal sense of humor, mostly black, to his tale, which sets him apart from just about any modern writer.
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Summary: Not in the same league
Review: Tim Dorsey's "Florida Road Kill" doesn't belong in the same league, or even bookshelf, as Carl Hiaasen, Lawrence Shames, James Hall, Jimmy Buffett and Randy Wayne White. These guys really know how to delve into the Florida psyche. Dorsey has used all of the crazy Florida eco-terrorist/politico/bimbo/fisherman/hunter/tourist stereotype plot lines, most borrowed from the above authors, in one single book. What you get is a confusing story with a lot of gratuitous violence and bloodshed thrown in. You don't even care what happens to the main characters. Yes, there are some funny parts, which is why this didn't get the dreaded one-star rating. My advice? Throw this one out and start with "Double Whammy" or "Welcome to Paradise". Lots better story telling with a lot less blood and guts. You might even want to visit Florida after that!
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Summary: Not Up to Par of Hiaissen, Hall, Shames, etc.
Review: Despite his comparisons to other South Florida authors like Carl Hiaasen, Laurence Shames, and James W. Hall, I was so disappointed in Tim Dorsey's "Florida Road Kill" that I stopped reading it 1/3 of the way through - even after trying to resume reading twice! Dorsey's attempts to shock and amuse are so over-the-top that "Florida Road Kill" reads like a comic book. As expressed in earlier reviews, the reader doesn't care what happens to any of the characters, from the "bad guys" who are so sick as to evoke only disgust, to the "good guys" who are painted TOO good and are thus just as unbelievable. I gave the book 2 stars because the author's humor does work on occasion. Unfortunately, he makes the plot so busy, it reads like "Short Attention Span Theater." I'm very fond of South Florida crime capers, as well as the subtle nuttiness of Pete Hautman's Minnesota - which DOES deserve to be compared to Carl Hiaasen. Tim Dorsey's hyperbole-stren world, unfortunately, does not. At least, not yet.
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Summary: A Clear Winner
Review: This whole series of books by Tim Dorsey can be described as a twisted and funny study on the dark side in all of human beings. Tim Dorsey manages to take everyday situations and make them incredibly funny. Based in Florida, the series follows the twisted life of Serge Storms (one of the best characters ever created) and all his sick, violent and disturbed adventures. Of course, along the way you will get to meet every kind of character you can imagine.
The interesting thing about this series is that behind all the funny stories, there are tons of social and political criticisms. I have read all the books in the series, and each one keeps getting better. If you are a fan of Quentin Tarantino movies, or South Park cartoons, you will love these books. A must buy.
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