Saturday, February 23, 2013

Insane City -- Dave Barry

Dave Barry's latest novel, Insane City, is hard to describe.  Seth Weinstein is on his way to Miami for his wedding.  Seth is a guy who's never had much success in life and who's reduced to writing advertising tweets.  His bride-to-be, Tina Clark, is highly successful and from an incredibly rich family.  Seth can't figure out why she wants to marry him, but we learn that it's because he's a nice guy.

And of course because he's a nice guy, Seth immediately gets involved in a series of events that escalate into wild insanity by the end of the novel.  The ingredients include Haitian immigrants, a stripper and her huge boyfriend, Seth's parents and their brownies, Seth's wedding posse, Tina's dope-smoking sister, an orangutan named Trevor, police chases, a guy with a pet python, a nice young woman who wants to change her life, revenge-seeking bodyguards, the Miami police force, a sky-high billionaire, and a pirate ship.  I may have forgotten a few things.  Things never slow down for long.  Also, it's very vulgar.  I expect people will either find this hilarious or hate it.  I found it hilarious.

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