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    Florida Roadkill
    Florida Roadkill
    Florida Roadkill
    Audiobook10 hours

    Florida Roadkill

    Written by Tim Dorsey

    Narrated by George Wilson

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Sunshine State trivia buff Serge A. Storms loves eliminating jerks and pests. His drug-addled partner Coleman loves cartoons. Hot stripper Sharon Rhodes loves cocaine, especially when purchased with rich dead men's money. On the other hand, there's Sean and David, who love fishing and are kind to animals -- and who are about to cross paths with a suitcase filled with $5 million in stolen insurance money. Serge wants the suitcase. Sharon wants the suitcase. Coleman wants more drugs . . . and the suitcase. In the meantime, there's murder by gun, Space Shuttle, Barbie doll, and Levi's 501s. In other words, welcome to Tim Dorsey's Florida -- where nobody gets out unscathed and untanned!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateMay 6, 2011
    ISBN9781456123109
    Florida Roadkill
    Author

    Tim Dorsey

    Tim Dorsey was a reporter and editor for the Tampa Tribune from 1987 to 1999, and is the author of twenty-five other novels: Mermaid Confidential, Tropic of Stupid, Naked Came the Florida Man, No Sunscreen for the Dead, Pope of Palm Beach, Clownfish Blues, Coconut Cowboy, Shark Skin Suite, Tiger Shrimp Tango, The Riptide Ultra-Glide, When Elves Attack, Pineapple Grenade, Electric Barracuda, Gator A-Go-Go, Nuclear Jellyfish, Atomic Lobster, Hurricane Punch, The Big Bamboo, Torpedo Juice, Cadillac Beach, The Stingray Shuffle, Triggerfish Twist, Orange Crush, Hammerhead Ranch Motel, and Florida Roadkill. He lives in Florida.

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    • 1/5
      Not worth the time. A ridiculous, disjointed bunch of mayhem.
    • 1/5
      This book felt like it was written by the coke addled Moron that was supposed to be the main characters side kick. No character development through intelligent dialogue. Plot development occurred as if diced were rolled on a board of improbability. A buddy recommended this book to me and it might literally cost us the friendship.
    • 5/5
      Bloody brilliant!!!!! Can't wait to get in the next book!
    • 4/5
      Such a crazy book, man. I actually enjoyed this book a lot, but there is so much going on it is hard to follow a bit. I had to slow the speed down. The narrator was on point. I recommend it if you enjoy Scorsese movies.
    • 2/5
      I can't stand the character Serge. While Dorsey's books have lots of humorous situations they are spoiled by Serge's violence.
    • 2/5
      I accuse him of being overly influenced by James Patterson, and that whole small-chapter fast-moving razzmatazz!
    • 4/5
      It's the first in the Serge Storms series of books and features two unsuspecting guys heading off through Florida on a fishing trip. What they don't realise is that some loot has been stashed in the boot of their car and Serge is just one of a bunch of crazies that want to get their hands on it. The hunters include a renowned dentist (the victim of the insurance scam and beneficiary of the loot in question), an insurance mogul (didn't want to pay out the money as it was meant to pay off a drug cartel that he launders money for), members of said cartel who want their money and Serge (criminally insane along with many other dysfunctions and disorders), Coleman (his former cellmate) and Sharon (a career black widow and current lap-dancer). Serge is a Florida historian and will often regale his partners or just about anyone in listening distance about the sights or past events of the places he's at.This a a darkly humorous crime caper story that features some interesting ways of getting rid of the competition and is the first time I've read a space shuttle launch being used to facilitate a murder. Often compared to [[Carl Hiaasen]] books though it's a bit darker in tone frm the ones I've read. It's a fun, inventive and fast paced story which is somewhat slightly let down with none of the characters being particularly likeable. Often in these types of stories you'll get a charming rogue or a down on his luck generally good guy that's doing something bad but for the right reasons. Here you'll only find generally not very nice folks out to make a few dollars so they can have a good time so if you need someone to root for in your crime capers then this might not be the book for you. I tend to enjoy the darker edged stories though so for me it was okay. I'm not going to rush out and buy the next in the series but I'd be willing to pick it up if I came across it in a used bookstore.
    • 4/5
      Tim Dorsey's "Florida Roadkill" is a multi-character novel with a convoluted plot in which a bunch of people are running around looking for the same thing, a la “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World”. And boy, is it funny. The basic plot finds two criminals (a manic serial killer who's obsessed with all things Florida, and his substance-abusing, dopey sidekick) tracking down a five million dollar insurance settlement they forced a dentist to claim from a crooked insurance company. The money ends up in the car of two innocent men with the criminals following them all around Florida, leaving a trail of bodies behind. Various other characters, all extremely “colorful”, are looking for the money, too.

      This is Tim Dorsey's first book, and the only real flaw with this book comes from a lack of experience. The tone is uneven, bouncing from subtle humor to flat-out one-liners, but I had a blast with this novel. Those two criminals -- one manic, the other always high -- are the Florida tour guides from Hell who continually find themselves in one crazy self-induced situation after another. Dorsey does adeptly keep the pace building over the course of the book as the all of the characters start moving toward each other; the novel gets better and better as it nears its end.

      "Florida Roadkill" isn't perfect, but it made me laugh out loud a few times, and I found quite a bit of its characters' weirdness creatively amusing. I’m looking forward to reading its many sequels.
    • 3/5
      This is the first of the 18-book "Serge Storms" series. If it had also been the last, the world would probably have been none the worse off. To try to make sense of what goes on in the book is probably to ignore what must have been Dorsey's primary purpose in writing the book in the first place: nothing makes sense, particularly in Florida. I mean, we're talking about the state that has given us so many great people ... give me a while and I might actually be able to name one. The "story" pretends to follow the escapades of Serge Storms, an off-his-medications psychopath who happens to be an expert on Florida history. Somehow that seems to be a pretty reasonable mix. Serge is trying to score $4 million dollars that has been erroneously paid out to an insurance claim. The head of the insurance company has driven his business into the ground, however, and actually owes the money to a drug cartel. This means that Serge, the insurance guy and the drug cartel are after the guy who has $4 million. There are also a panoply of supporting characters who enter into the story, only to be extinguished by the time the story ends.Except Serge. He apparently lives on. At least through the 17 other volumes in this series. Or maybe not. Who knows?In all seriousness, the book is a veritable treasure chest of Florida history and trivia. Dorsey, who was editor of the Tampa Tribune for 14 years, shares a staggering amount of Floridian facts and legends - everything you never wanted to know about the Sunshine State and then some.I paid $1.99 for the ebook, and I am questioning the wisdom of that. The book is unusual. The characters are strange. The plot is stranger. And if you have ADD (as I do), this is probably right up your alley. The book is quixotic, to say the least.
    • 3/5
      Somewhat Hiaasenesque but way too convoluted. Too many characters. By the time I finished the book, I couldn't really remember who all of the players were. Entertaining but too much happening.
    • 4/5
      A friend of mine turned me on to Carl Hiaasen years ago, and not only did I become a Hiaasen fan, buying all his previous books and breathlessly waiting for new ones, while waiting for those, I began looking for authors who also wrote humorous Florida Fiction.

      I stumbled upon Laurence Shames when a book called Florida Straits caught my eye, and it didn’t take me long to devour his entire output. Then one day, at Kate’s Mystery Bookshop in Cambridge, another title caught my eye, Florida Roadkill by Tim Dorsey. Could there be, I asked myself, yet another author who writes uproarious Florida Fiction?

      Yes. Yes, there could.

      Among the many delights of reading Dorsey, whose books chronicle the exploits of renowned serial killer and all-around bon vivant Serge Storms and his stoner sidekick Coleman, is that they are travelogues of all things Florida.

      For example there's a scene in this one in which Serge finds himself in Key West during the annual Hemingway lookalike festival, where he sparks the very first "Running of the Hemingways." You gotta read it to believe it. Truly laugh out loud funny.

      I admit that after a while, I kind of fell away from Dorsey, because it seemed at times like he was writing the same book over and over again. It was only after a few years and moving to Florida that I found myself in the bookstore and decided to pick up his latest.

      And yes, it sometimes still seems as if he’s writing the same book over and over again. But you know what?

      I like the book.
    • 5/5
      A must have for fans of Dorsey.
    • 3/5
      If a book can have attention deficit disorder, than this is it. Florida Roadkill, zips around from character to character in a drug induced (or deprived) whirlwind following several Florida locals across the state on a murdering rampage in search of a suitcase filled with five million dollars. The main character, if there is one, is Serge Storms who travels the state with his partner in crime Coleman, sharing the sites and wonders of Florida and killing anyone who may (or may not) get in their way. Dorsey pokes fun at many Florida stereotypes, which I am sure are much more appreciated by true Floridians. However, the Florida jokes that did not fly over my head were chuckle-worthy and those that I didn't get... well, than I didn't.Florida Roadkill definitely falls into the black humor category and was unexpectedly entertaining. If you are prone to seizures from strobe lights or if indiscriminate murdering sprees are not your cup of tea you may want to pass this book up and find something a little less adrenaline fueled.
    • 4/5
       Initiation to Serge Storm and his partner in crime Coleman. We find out how the two meet and how they came to be who they are...they met in prison.I am addicted to this series. I feel like I am on amphetamines when I am reading the crime spree these two go on. But, they are the funniest serial killers on the market.
    • 4/5
      This novel is a fast read and filled with dark humor. Most readers will not want to put it down. It tells the story of various people whose lives places them in strange predictamnets. A unique twist is that the main character is an anti-hero. These carzies exploits take them throughout Florida starting from where this hermitage is located in Central Florida and proceeds south on both the east and west coast of Florida, all the way too the Dry Tortugas. This novel is a dark tour of Florida. Mr. Dorsey is extremely acurate as far as historical and geographical facts. And is familiar with some facts only a native or longterm resident of Florida who had lived in South Florida would know. And if you do you know his books are close to home. Almost every placed described and event, including the world series game, are also accurate. Though some of the tangent events the authory relates may be hard to belive...it happens in Florida.
    • 4/5
      Wild, wacky tale of a serial killer who only murders people who really deserve it. You learn something about Florida history, too. Really.
    • 3/5
      Sometimes, there is an advantage to reading a book series out of order. That’s the case for me and Tim Dorsey’s “Serge A. Storm” series. Last year, I read Atomic Lobster, which I received from the publisher before it hit the book stores. I enjoyed this book a lot – it offered a great blend of humor, crime and Florida-ness to keep me enthralled.My recent book was the first book of the Serge series - Florida Roadkill. If this book was my first look at Serge, I would have never read another Dorsey book. That doesn’t mean that Florida Roadkill was a bad story – in fact, it’s an entertaining, yet dark read. What encourages me about this series, though, is the knowledge that Serge’s character develops as the series progresses. I now am intrigued by this character and can’t wait to read about his next set of shenanigans.Florida Roadkill introduced us to Serge, a genius plagued with mental illness. When he’s not on his medication, he’s manic about Florida history. When he’s medicated, he’s unstoppable. In this book, it appeared that Serge lacked any sort of moral compass – he’s reckless and willing to do whatever he can to get the $10 million stuffed in a suitcase. Befriended by drug addict Coleman, the two set out to find the suitcase, evading the police, drug dealers, guns for hire and a former employer of a life insurance company, to find the money.Throughout this story, we are treated to many historical tidbits about Florida – from the Space Coast to the Keys. I liked that Serge was fascinated with history because he shared his knowledge with those around him (which meant the reader benefited too). In addition to the historical substories, Dorsey added doses of Florida idiosyncrasies – from Hemingway look-alikes hanging out in the Keys to how women can successfully accumulate beads during the Gasparilla Parade. Both elements were a treat for a Floridian like me.In fact, I would argue that you must be a Floridian to truly appreciate Dorsey’s novels. I think the humor and tidbits would fly over a non-Floridian’s head. You also have to stomach some heinous crimes throughout Florida Roadkill. I would recommend this story to the strong-at-heart, fun-lovin’ Floridian who likes a good yarn (and poke) about the Sunshine State we all know and love.
    • 4/5
      Take two old high school buddies on a fishing vacation away from their jobs and families. Add a fun-loving serial killer with a drugged-up sidekick and a black widow tag-along, a right-wing talk show host turned detective, a crooked insurance company CEO, four vengeful drug smugglers, a real estate scam artist, a three-man unsuccessful biker gang, a development owner that swindles the elderly, and a sexual deviant into Barbie dolls and drowning. Now, throw a suitcase filled with ten million dollars in the middle, and watch the real fun begin.Florida Roadkill is the first in a long series of novels featuring everyone's favorite obsessive/manic/psychopathic madman, Serge, and his lovable substance abusing sidekick, Coleman. It is also Tim Dorsey's first novel.As debut novels go, Dorsey nails his audience right out of the gate. While his later books do become slightly more polished and streamlined, there is little in Florida Roadkill that would seem alien to anyone who started with his later works first. Dorsey's voice is consistent and unfaltering.The key word is Madness. Dorsey's Florida is a land overflowing with criminals, lunatics, swindlers, scumbags, and cold-blooded killers. But he manages to make the this dangerous god-forsaken tourist trap a colorful and humorous at every turn. If you never thought you would find serial killers, drug dealers, real estate scam artists, and violent biker gangs funny, then Florida Roadkill will definitely surprise you. The Riders of Eternal Doom, for example, are the most memorable and laughable biker gang since the Black Widows first attempted to terrorize Clint Eastwood in Every Which Way but Loose.Dorsey embraces the narrative format of jumping back and forth between seemingly unconnected people and events, all of which eventually tie in together, and in a very non-linear format. But he manages to weave these snippets into a chaotic tapestry that never confuses or discourages. He knows how to keep the readers interested, and exactly how far he can string them along before revealing the connections. In short, he's a storyteller, and a damn good one at that.Humorous Floridian criminals are not an untapped resource, and Dorsey is well aware of this. He not only knows that he has others authors of such novels to contend with, he acknowledges it by including guest appearances by Carl Hiaasen and Dave Barry. A humbling and tongue-in-cheek tip of the hat, it shows that Dorsey isn't afraid of the competition. He shouldn't be, either, as his writing never borders on imitation. He's carved out his own stomping ground in Florida, and rightfully declared it his own.The newest book in the Serge series, Nuclear Jellyfish, has just been released. If you start now, you can make it through the series before the next installment hits the stands. I highly recommend you give it a shot.
    • 3/5
      There was a lot to like about Florida Roadkill... unfortunately there was a lot to dislike as well. Like Carl Hiaasen and several others, Dorsey writes in that little "bunch of crazy people who live in South Florida murder mystery" sub genre. Hiaasen I like. Dorsey is similar in some ways, but harsher, more mean spirited, and with few characters to like at all. This book is filled with horrible people. Most of them meet grusome ironic ends, carefully tailored to their particular wickedness - like the devil worshiping assassin who is accidentally run down by a busload of Promise Keepers. I enjoy black humor to a point, but Dorsey is just sometimes a bit too black for me. I found it difficult to keep up with the vast array of minor and major characters, but that probably would not have been the case if I could have read the book in two or three sittings. My life doesn't allow that even for a relatively short book like this. Will I read another Dorsey book? Probably. But I'll probably read much more Hiaasen first.
    • 5/5
      TIm Dorsey's books are not for the faint-of-heart. If you can handle it, the books are wonderful. He will have you laughing out loud, especially if you are familiar with Florida.
    • 5/5
      If you love Carl Hiassens book. Put on a seat belt and pick up Tim Dorsey. This novel is energetic and very funny, you will not want to put it down. It tells the story of various lives of people who life seems to place (or they do) in strange predictamnets. These carzies exploits take them throughout Florida from my home county with Satellite Beach and Cocoa Beach, on down south on both coast, and doesn't stop till we hit the Dry Tortugas.I look at it as a very zany, violent, bizzarro tour of Florida. That is extremely acurate as far as historical and geographical facts. And some other things, which you would never believe unless you lived in South Florida. And if you do you know his books are close to home. Who ever thought I would be looking forward to see what Serge, the anti-hero would do next. And I guess I really enjoy the fact that I have been to almost every placed described, and was even at the same world series game as the main characters.
    • 4/5
      This book was hilarious. Sarcastic as hell, hit below the belt, totally unexpected twists.
    • 5/5
      Great funny book. The 1st Serge story and one of the best.
    • 4/5
      Zaney, Wacky story, always a good laugh