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  <title><![CDATA[Tricky Business]]></title>
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  <default_description>Dave Barry follows his acclaimed debut novel, &lt;i&gt;Big Trouble&lt;/i&gt;, with a book that leads readers into a crazy complexity of money laundering, drug dealing, murder, sex, violence, hijacking, and undercover work-not to mention barbs aimed at overbearing mothers, corrupt officials, inept authorities and, of course, the American crime novel itself.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">2002</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Tricky Business</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Dave Barry]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Dec 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jan 02 17:38:27 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[It’s warped. It pokes outrageous fun at the stupidity in all of us—especially the ‘us’ who live in Florida (not me—those other people), and it uses adult language like I hear it used in the street all the time. It also has all the good stuff we like in a novel: murder, sex, drugs, violence...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41658567">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Sep 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Sep 26 06:40:42 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Evidently the Wacky Florida Crime-Fiction genre is limitless; I figured Carl Hiaasen and Tim Dorsey had that genre pretty sewed up, and then along comes Dave Barry, another newspaper columnist-turned-novelist.  While evocative of Hiaasen and Dorsey, Barry keeps his plot development a little tighter ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72381973">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="49062768">
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  <date_added>Thu Mar 12 13:41:39 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Mar 12 13:42:51 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[ I happen to really like Dave BArry and like his novels best of all. I am particularly fond of the acknowledgment and <em>Warning</em> in the front of this book, where he goes through a riff on the fact that the book, like <em>Big Trouble</em> contains some &quot;bad words&quot;. He apparently got letters of complain...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49062768">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Sat May 23 13:07:19 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat May 23 13:07:19 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Golly, I wish I were Elmore Leonard, said Dave Barry enviously, then I could write dialogue really good and maybe my character wouldn't be shallow stereotypes like the overburdened single mom, the wisecracking eighty year olds, or the polite and dangerous mobster. Oh well, I guess I'll just go read ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57078207">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="73096188">
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  <date_added>Thu Oct 01 09:15:57 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Oct 01 09:24:49 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[By his own admission when he was writing a weekly column, Dave Barry was a booger journalist.  That being said, his books follow this same philosophy. His humor is not the wit of Wodehouse or Wilde, but he can be very funny in a booger sort of way. So if you are just finishing a tome of Tolstoy and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73096188">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="32731896">
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  <read_at>Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Sep 12 16:56:42 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Sep 12 17:06:01 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Okay, so Dave Barry isn't Italo Calvino or David Mitchell or one of the Japanese geniuses (whose names I would have to look up before attempting to write them here) but he HATES what has happened to Florida and has (like Carl Hiaasen) taken his revenge on the scumbag developers by writing them into ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32731896">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="21073979">
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    <name><![CDATA[Christopher]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Robstown, TX]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Apr 26 21:51:59 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jun 26 10:14:53 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[As should be apparent from my book list, I am a great fan of Barry's writing. I am not, however, a fan of this book.<br/>I think this was a bit of a stumble in his follow-up to his first work of fiction, Big Trouble.<br/>First, the good. Barry has a knack for creating entertaining characters and f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21073979">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21073979]]></url>
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    <review id="66139418">
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    <name><![CDATA[Marvin]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Iowa City, IA]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Aug 04 08:24:31 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Aug 04 08:25:07 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Nothing classy about this one, but Dave Barry is the funniest humor columnist I know, &amp; some of his characteristic wit &amp; insights into human foibles find their way into this character-driven story set in south Florida (where else?), largely aboard a floating casino, with a cast of mobsters &amp; other u...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66139418">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66139418]]></url>
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    <review id="62198946">
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    <name><![CDATA[Joshua]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Tampa, FL]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jul 05 07:39:50 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jul 05 12:00:16 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[When my buddy Kim recommended this book to me I was dubious as I rarely delve into adult fiction! This book read like a good Elmore Leonard book with a touch of Hiassen! It was funny, with bits like the warning and the news coverage, disturbing, twisty and just a fun read! Probably not going to chan...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62198946">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="24852637">
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    <name><![CDATA[Kevin]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Geneva, IL]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Wed Jun 18 18:02:22 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jun 18 18:02:28 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[With Tropical Storm Hector bearing down on the Atlantic Coast of Florida, a motley cast of characters find themselves going to work or seeking fun aboard The Extravaganza of the Seas - a cruise ship that heads out to international waters off the U.S. coast in order to allow its patrons to gamble to ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24852637">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="62689844">
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    <name><![CDATA[Steven]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Sammamish, WA]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Wed Jul 08 16:51:12 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jul 08 16:53:22 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Dave Berry tells a writes yarn and tells a good joke.  In this book, he merges these skills to tell the story of high seas robbery gone bad, old folks looking for more out of life, stoners getting too much out of life, and the perils of falling in love with a constantly gaseous woman.]]></body>
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    <review id="71765820">
    <user id="1292528">
    <name><![CDATA[Karen]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Sep 19 08:12:28 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have a weakness for Dave Barry's humor.  He just makes me laugh!  This story is a hilarious farce with Miami gangsters, gambling, bloodshed, sex, rough language, and a tricky plot.  Sometimes I just need a book like this!]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71765820]]></url>
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    <review id="54839726">
    <user id="971229">
    <name><![CDATA[Faith]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Reading this book felt like reading the script of a B movie (an R rated B movie, I might add).  There were definitely some funny parts, reminiscent of his newspaper columns, but overall, totally not worth the time.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54839726]]></url>
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    <review id="62047686">
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a fun, fast, silly read. A palate-cleanser, if you will. DB has a style similar to DeMille in the way he mocks people, society, etc. The derision is delivered in such as way as to be effective, but only if you're on the ball enough to catch it!]]></body>
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    <review id="70486681">
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    <name><![CDATA[Dennis]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good beach book, crime farce set on a South Florida gambling cruise boat.  Don't expect an intricate plot or deep character development but Dave has a good ear for dialog and every page is funny.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70486681]]></url>
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    <review id="72595709">
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Dave Barry does it again, what was fun and adventurous (and entertainingly silly) for &quot;Big Trouble&quot; follows suit with &quot;Tricky Business.&quot;  Is Miami really like this?  A quick and fun read.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72595709]]></url>
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    <review id="42422737">
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sun Jan 11 13:48:21 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have never read Dave Barry before.  My mom gave me this book.  It was a fun, mindless, read to escape into.  Check it out!  I will be looking for more books by this guy.  Thanks MOM!!!]]></body>
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    <review id="36779454">
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    <name><![CDATA[KJ]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[I just couldn't get into it.  I read half of it but I just couldn't figure out exactly when the story would finally 'start.'  I don't know that it's a bad book as much as I'm not in the mood for complete and total fluff right now.  And it wasn't that rolling around funny that some people advertised ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36779454">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Having been deprived of his weekly column for the last few years, I'd forgotten how Dave Barry makes me belly-laugh.  He borrows liberally from his friend and Miami Herald colleague Carl Hiaasen in setting up this story -- one of the heavies is almost identical, even by name, to a thug in Hiaasen's ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28470619">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[An okay delve into the world of novel writing for Dave Barry. Some great ideas, but I found it kind of uneven in the execution.]]></body>
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