Coconut Cowboy: A Novel (Serge Storms #20)
Description
Channeling his inner Easy Rider, Serge Storms saddles up for his most epic, lethal, and hilarious road trip ever as he revvs off to find the lost American Dream . . . starting in the Florida Panhandle.
Obsessed with the iconic Sixties classic Easy Rider, encyclopedic Floridaphile, lovable serial killer, and movie buff extraordinaire Serge A. Storms devises his wildest plan yet: finish the journey begun by his freewheeling heroes, Captain America and Billy, tragically cut short by some shotgun-wielding rednecks.
Setting a course for the Florida panhandle, Captain Serge—with Coleman literally riding shotgun—mounts his classic motorcycle and hits the highway in search of the real America: the apple-pie-eating, freedom-swilling moms and pops of Main Street USA.
But the America he finds in the rural burgs dotting the neck of the peninsula is a little bit different . . . and a whole lot weirder than anything Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper encountered. In a state where criminal politicians are more common than gators, Serge and Coleman discover one particular speed-trap locale so aggressively inept at corruption that investigators are baffled where to start.
Expect nothing less than madness, mayhem, ingenious homicides, and mind-altering pharmaceuticals when Serge and Coleman’s path intersects with the Sunshine State’s hyper-dysfunctional rusticity.
Where’s Jack Nicholson when you need him?
Praise for Coconut Cowboy: A Novel (Serge Storms #20)
“Amazing...one of his funniest and most deftly plotted yet.” — Providence Journal
“Entertainingly picaresque.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“It’s all fun in the Sunshine State. ... Nobody does wacky Florida like Dorsey.” — Shelf Awareness
“Heartily recommended for readers who like their mayhem served up with belly laughs.” — Booklist
“Always over the top, Dorsey has peaked with Coconut Cowboy, creating a tough act to follow for No. 20.” — Florida Times-Union
“Hilarious.” — New York Post
“Dorsey keeps the body count low but the energy high as he prove again that enough is enough, but too much is plenty.” — Kirkus Reviews
“Fast-paced. ... If you have not read any of Dorsey’s novels, join the fun.” — St. Augustine Record
“Inimitable. ... The Serge books are often hilarious, but there’s always something serious underpinning the antics.” — Tampa Bay Times
“Exquisite, zany, and yet sincere.” — Florida Weekly
“Pure Dorsey. ... Weird and funny and silly.” — South Florida Sun Sentinel
“The side-splittingest entry in the Serge A. Storms library.” — FloridaBookReview.net