Florida Roadkill - Book Group September 2024 discussion thread

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McGoohan
McGoohan
27 Aug
2:41pm, 27 Aug 2024
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McGoohan
As Scott Mariani is to Dan Brown, as Obi-Wan Kenobi was to Qui-Gon Jinn and as Abbott and Costello were to Laurel and Hardy so Tim Dorsey was to Carl Hiaasen, the young padawan, studying at his master’s side and if need be, riffling through his bins for material. In some cases it works brilliantly – just look at Obi-Wan’s skill with a lightsabre for example. Sometimes, not so well, e.g. Scott Mariani’s ongoing struggle with basic grammar. Which will this be? In only 285 pages’ time you will have the answer.
GregP
GregP
27 Aug
2:49pm, 27 Aug 2024
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Good work chief :)

Carl Hiaasen taken to extremes. It’s a terrifying thought. Can’t wait.
GregP
GregP
1 Sep
9:35pm, 1 Sep 2024
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GregP
My paperback - a Farrago - is a lovely thing. Nice paper, nice glossy cover.
McGoohan
McGoohan
1 Sep
9:44pm, 1 Sep 2024
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I have a weird second-hand one that seems to have been a library copy. It has plastic folders stuck to the cover.
Night-owl
Night-owl
1 Sep
10:09pm, 1 Sep 2024
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Night-owl
My copy (harper collins) supposedly in fair condition is not bad and cost £5.99:when published
GregP
GregP
4 Sep
12:57pm, 4 Sep 2024
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GregP
Forty pages in I've just bought the next two. There are holidays coming up.
GregP
GregP
7 Sep
11:14am, 7 Sep 2024
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GregP
Half way. I’m loving it, and fairly confidently predicting that I’m in a minority of one.
McGoohan
McGoohan
10 Sep
10:30pm, 10 Sep 2024
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I got to page 74 and that was enough. It was the introduction of the three 'comedy bikers' Stinky, Dick Cheese and Scrotum or whatever. I have hurled the book aside and stamped on it a few times but it's like Freddy Krueger: it just won't die!

The quality of writing is, I suppose, better than Scott Mariani but I enjoyed reading that a lot more.

I suspect most readers will be positioned somewhere between your and my reaction Grep. I am definitely at the other end of the bell curve.
GregP
GregP
11 Sep
5:58am, 11 Sep 2024
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Stinky, Cheese-Dick and Ringworm.
McGoohan
McGoohan
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7:43am, 11 Sep 2024
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McGoohan
That's not an improvement

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As Scott Mariani is to Dan Brown, as Obi-Wan Kenobi was to Qui-Gon Jinn and as Abbott and Costello were to Laurel and Hardy so Tim Dorsey was to Carl Hiaasen, the young padawan, studying at his master’s side and if need be, riffling through his bins for material. In some cases it works brilliantly – just look at Obi-Wan’s skill with a lightsabre for example. Sometimes, not so well, e.g. Scott Mariani’s ongoing struggle with basic grammar. Which will this be? In only 285 pages’ time you will have the answer.

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