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Insane City Hardcover - 2013

by Dave Barry


Summary

A dark comic masterpiece—the first solo adult novel in more than a decade from the Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times–bestselling author.

Seth Weinstein knew Tina was way out of his league in pretty much any way you could imagine, which is why it continued to astonish him that he was on the plane now for their destination wedding in Florida. The Groom Posse had already sprung an airport prank on him, and he’d survived it, and if that was the worst of it, everything should be okay. Smooth sailing from now on.

Seth has absolutely no idea what he’s about to get into. In the next several hours, he and his friends will become embroiled with rioters, Russian gangsters, angry strippers, a pimp as big as the Death Star, a very desperate Haitian refugee on the run with her two children from some very bad men, and an eleven-foot albino Burmese python named Blossom. And there’re still two days to go before the wedding.

As it turns out, it’s not smooth sailing, it’s more like a trip on the Titanic. And the water below him is getting deeper every minute. By the end, amid gunfire, high-speed chases, and
mayhem of the most unimaginable sort, violent men will fall, heroes will rise, and many lives will change.

Seth’s, not least of all.

From the publisher

Dave Barry’s bestsellers include his Peter Pan prequels, written with Ridley Pearson; I’ll Mature When I’m Dead; and Lunatics, written with Alan Zweibel.  He is also the author of the two dark comic suspense novels Big Trouble and Tricky Business. A play based on his first Peter Pan book, Peter and the Starcatchers, is currently a hit on Broadway. He lives in Coral Gables, Florida.

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  • Title Insane City
  • Author Dave Barry
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 352
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York
  • Date 2013-01-29
  • ISBN 9780399158681 / 0399158685
  • Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.35 x 1.18 in (23.62 x 16.13 x 3.00 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects Suspense fiction, Criminals
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012028009
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Praise for INSANE CITY
 
“Picture The Hangover with a splash of Miami Vice, and you get Dave Barry's Insane City. . . This is a quick, fun (and laugh-out-loud funny) read, and the action never slows.”—Fort Worth Star-Telegram
 
"[A] very funny new novel . . . [Barry's] sly observations, well-delineated characters, and intricate plotting mesh perfectly."—Publishers Weekly
 
Praise for Dave Barry

“Dave Barry remains one of the funniest writers alive.”—Carl Hiaasen

“While reading Dave Barry’s Big Trouble, I laughed so loud I fell out of a chair. Luckily, there’s a rug, so I didn’t hurt myself.” —Stephen King

About the author

Dave Barry s bestsellers include his Peter Pan prequels, written with Ridley Pearson; "I ll Mature When I m Dead"; and "Lunatics," written with Alan Zweibel. He is also the author of the two dark comic suspense novels "Big Trouble" and "Tricky Business." A play based on his first Peter Pan book, "Peter and the Starcatchers," is currently a hit on Broadway. He lives in Coral Gables, Florida."
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