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Welcome to Paradise
by
Laurence Shames (Goodreads Author)
Before mild-mannered furniture salesman Al Tuschman left New Jersey for a week in Key West, he hadn't an enemy in the world. But a series of puzzling assaults on his privacy, his sanity, and his life has turned his stay at the tasteful Paradise Hotel into Tropical Hell. Maybe it's the humidity. Maybe the Sambuca. Or maybe it's the nickname emblazoned on his license plate:...more
Paperback, 256 pages
Published
June 6th 2000
by Fawcett
(first published 1999)
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If you liked the books by Carl Hiaasen and Dave Barry then you will enjoy this. New York Mafia honcho gets confused with a New Jersey furniture salesman with the same name. The hit team assigned to take out the Mafia guy, they decide it should be death by seafood. But there is a slight case of mistaken identity. Let the fun and games begin.
Big Al Marracoto is a player in the New York City mafia. Big Al Tuschman is a furniture salesman in New Jersey. Their individual state license plates say 'Big Al'. They end up in Key West on vacation at the same time. The guys hired to annoy Big Al Marracoto, get their Big Al's confused. But all this is just a plate for Laurence Shames to serve up another fabulous meal of personalities, accents and plots that are like puzzle games. If you've never read any of Shames' books, treat yourself to any...more
Two "Big Al's" are one too many. Shames is great, funny, and Key West.
Very funny
Seriously, as engaging as novels come... But this isn't a serious story. It's pure entertainment, and as zany as a tupperware bikini. Funny, well-written, poignant in parts and goofy in others, but it flows well throughout, has a twisting, intricate and well-developed plot, quirky but very human characters, excellent dialogue, and I dunno, what else is there? Until I read this book, I never really experienced just how much fun reading could be.
WHEN A FURNITURE SALESMAN WITH A SHIT ZSU IS MISTAKEN FOR A MINOR MOB BOSS WITH A ROTWEILER THINGS GET A LITTLE OUT OF HAND. I WOULD COMPARE THIS TO A DECENT "B" MOVIE. IT WAS AN EASY READ.
Shames knows how to make mobsters laughable. Just don't tell any of them I said that.
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Laurence Shames has been a New York City taxi driver, lounge singer, furniture mover, lifeguard, dishwasher, gym teacher, and shoe salesman. Having failed to distinguish himself in any of those professions, he turned to writing full-time in 1976 and has not done an honest day’s work since.
His basic laziness notwithstanding, Shames has published twenty books and hundreds of magazine articles and es...more
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