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    <![CDATA[<strong>Penzler Pick, August 2000:</strong> Is it Florida, or is it the mystery writers who set their stories there? There seems to be a tradition of Florida noir that is as loony as that name implies. Tim Dorsey is the newest writer from the Sunshine State whose stories are inhabited by a cast of characters who, in any other state, would probably be behind bars. In Dorsey's world, not only are they roaming free, they are also wreaking havoc with impunity up and down the peninsula.  <p>  In his first book, <em>Florida Roadkill</em>, Dorsey introduced us to several characters who are still at large as his second story begins.  Serge A. Storms is a spree killer and Florida history buff, still looking for the five million dollars that's stashed in the trunk of a Chrysler--unbeknownst to the driver--somewhere in the state. Johnny Vegas is a playboy who, because catastrophic events always seem to get in the way, has yet to lose his virginity. Also along for the zany ride is 90-year-old Mrs. Edna Ploomfield, who blows away a man delivering her flowers and chocolates; a DJ who changed his name legally to Boris the Hateful Piece of BLEEP so that he would not be BLEEPED on the air every time he used the name; and Safety Officer Chester &quot;Porkchop&quot; Dole who watches the monitors on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. Along with a dancing Chihuahua who forecasts the weather, the Diaz Boys, Harvey Fiddlebottom, undercover cops, and a variety of oddballs, they will congregate in or around the seediest place never to have been shut down, the Hammerhead Ranch Motel on the Gulf of Mexico.  There, they will play out their lunacy as Hurricane Rolando-berto bears down on them. This is a wonderful summertime read, relentlessly funny and impossible to put down. <em>--Otto Penzler</em></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[another one i thoroughly enjoyed, i'm pretty sure by now that i'll read, and enjoy, everything dorsey ever writes. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[3 3/4 Stars - 4 Stars. May have been penalised due to an extreme case of readers block I was suffering whilst reading (and it was read at no faster pace that 2 pages per sitting) but I thought it wasn't quite the same caliber as 'Florida Road Kill' - which I loved. Whatever the reason, will definite...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70780735">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[If Tim Dorsey only wrote one book and left it at that, I probably would give this at least one more star.  Unfortunately, he wrote the same book over and over again, which diminshes my enjoyment of this one-trick-pony.  Oh well.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[An interesting but far-fetched somewhat comical adventure of strange characters somehow all connected to the Hammerhead Ranch Motel. Clever at times, but not one I would recommend.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[My blog post about this book is <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://whimpulsive.blogspot.com/2009/04/hammerhead-ranch-motel-by-tim-dorsey.html">at this link</a>.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Penzler Pick, August 2000:</strong> Is it Florida, or is it the mystery writers who set their stories there? There seems to be a tradition of Florida noir that is as loony as that name implies. Tim Dorsey is the newest writer from the Sunshine State whose stories are inhabited by a cast of characters who, in any other state, would probably be behind bars. In Dorsey's world, not only are they roaming free, they are also wreaking havoc with impunity up and down the peninsula.  <p>  In his first book, <em>Florida Roadkill</em>, Dorsey introduced us to several characters who are still at large as his second story begins.  Serge A. Storms is a spree killer and Florida history buff, still looking for the five million dollars that's stashed in the trunk of a Chrysler--unbeknownst to the driver--somewhere in the state. Johnny Vegas is a playboy who, because catastrophic events always seem to get in the way, has yet to lose his virginity. Also along for the zany ride is 90-year-old Mrs. Edna Ploomfield, who blows away a man delivering her flowers and chocolates; a DJ who changed his name legally to Boris the Hateful Piece of BLEEP so that he would not be BLEEPED on the air every time he used the name; and Safety Officer Chester &quot;Porkchop&quot; Dole who watches the monitors on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. Along with a dancing Chihuahua who forecasts the weather, the Diaz Boys, Harvey Fiddlebottom, undercover cops, and a variety of oddballs, they will congregate in or around the seediest place never to have been shut down, the Hammerhead Ranch Motel on the Gulf of Mexico.  There, they will play out their lunacy as Hurricane Rolando-berto bears down on them. This is a wonderful summertime read, relentlessly funny and impossible to put down. <em>--Otto Penzler</em></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[kinda scattered and confusing at first but it all comes together eventually and its good. its also very funny and witty]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Hammerhead Ranch Motel]]>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Penzler Pick, August 2000:</strong> Is it Florida, or is it the mystery writers who set their stories there? There seems to be a tradition of Florida noir that is as loony as that name implies. Tim Dorsey is the newest writer from the Sunshine State whose stories are inhabited by a cast of characters who, in any other state, would probably be behind bars. In Dorsey's world, not only are they roaming free, they are also wreaking havoc with impunity up and down the peninsula.  <p>  In his first book, <em>Florida Roadkill</em>, Dorsey introduced us to several characters who are still at large as his second story begins.  Serge A. Storms is a spree killer and Florida history buff, still looking for the five million dollars that's stashed in the trunk of a Chrysler--unbeknownst to the driver--somewhere in the state. Johnny Vegas is a playboy who, because catastrophic events always seem to get in the way, has yet to lose his virginity. Also along for the zany ride is 90-year-old Mrs. Edna Ploomfield, who blows away a man delivering her flowers and chocolates; a DJ who changed his name legally to Boris the Hateful Piece of BLEEP so that he would not be BLEEPED on the air every time he used the name; and Safety Officer Chester &quot;Porkchop&quot; Dole who watches the monitors on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. Along with a dancing Chihuahua who forecasts the weather, the Diaz Boys, Harvey Fiddlebottom, undercover cops, and a variety of oddballs, they will congregate in or around the seediest place never to have been shut down, the Hammerhead Ranch Motel on the Gulf of Mexico.  There, they will play out their lunacy as Hurricane Rolando-berto bears down on them. This is a wonderful summertime read, relentlessly funny and impossible to put down. <em>--Otto Penzler</em></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of my favorite Florida authors!  This is the first of his series.  So funny!!!]]></body>
    
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