About the Author: David Barry, Jr. (born July 3, 1947) is a bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist, who wrote a nationally syndicated column for the Miami, Florida newspaper, The Miami Herald, from 1983 to January, 2005. His other books include: Big Trouble, The Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need, and Dave Barry is not Making this up!
About the book: The plot of the book revolves around an unsavory group of people who run an ocean-going casino boat and use it for nefarious deeds. Being that the setting is Miami, you can count on those deeds involving murder, drugs, and guns. Dave makes sure to warn the reader that this book, like his last, has some bad people in it and bad people say and do bad things. If you don't want to read about bad things, don't read the book!One of my favorite parts of the book was the running gag that is constantly returned to about the television station that keeps losing the reports that are out over-hyping the story of the storm. It reminded me of the coverage of the storm this summer when CNN sent out their reporters to stand in the storm to tell us that it was blowing out there.
On my rating scale of up to five bus transfers, I rate this book five transfers. I thoroughly enjoyed the tale and it kept me turning pages all the way into downtown!
I hope that wherever you are, your day is smooth sailing!
(This week I am reading The Fandom of the Operator by Robert Rankin.)
Don Bergquist - 14, November, 2005 - Lakewood, Colorado
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