Tricky Business by Dave Barry
The Extravaganza of the Seas is a 5,000-ton cash cow, a top-heavy tub whose sole function is to carry gamblers three miles from the Florida coast, take their money, then bring them back so they can find more money. Travelling this trip are Fay Benton, a single mom and cocktail waitress, desperate for something to go right for a change; Johnny and the Contusions, a ship's band with so little talent they are, well, the ship's band; Arnold and Phil, two refugees from the Beaux Arts Senior Centre; Lou Tarant, a wide, bald man who has killed nine people, though none recently; and an assortment of uglies with names like Tark and Kaz whose job it is to facilitate the ship's true business, which is money-laundering or drug-smuggling or...something.
'one of the funniest writers alive' CARL HIASSEN 'I laughed so hard I fell out of a chair' STEPHEN KING 'The funniest book I've read in fifty years' ELMORE LEONARD 'a charming, witty and insightful storyteller..there is a comforting element of Kurt Vonnegut-like cosmic integrity to Barry's work' KINKY FRIEDMAN 'a spectacular, hilarious debut... Wonderful entertainment' Guardian 'a little gem' Independent on Sunday
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780749933883 |
| ISBN 10 | 0749933887 |
| Title | Tricky Business |
| Author | Dave Barry |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2003-08-28 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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