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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780060829698 ISBN: 0060829699 Label: William Morrow Manufacturer: William Morrow Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 352 Publication Date: February 01, 2008 Publisher: William Morrow Release Date: January 22, 2008 Studio: William Morrow Related Items: Alternate Versions: Click to Display Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description:
Serge is back with a bullet, torn between homicide and souvenirs. So is Coleman, torn between getting hammered and getting more hammered. Then there's good ol' Jim Davenport, the E-Team, the Diaz Brothers, and Johnny Vegas, the Accidental Virgin, cranking up the fevered action as the pot boils over on a street called Lobster Lane. It's reunion time in the Sunshine State, and we're not just talking the family jamboree of that blood-soaked criminal clan, the McGraws, whose nastiest, meanest member is finally released from prison and heads south bent on revenge. On top of it all, the government is covering up a growing list of mysterious victims across Florida who may or may not be connected to a nefarious plot being hatched against national security. But wait! There's more on the horizon! Who is the oddly familiar femme fatale named Rachael? Is Serge wrong that guns, drugs, and strippers don't mix? What sets the Non-Confrontationalists off on a rampage? What finally brings Coleman and Lenny together? Will they succeed in building the biggest bong ever? And can Serge surf a rogue wave to victory? So batten the hatches, don the life jackets, and take cover as all these questions and more are answered in the latest adventure from the acclaimed author of Hurricane Punch. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Not a book for everyoneBut if you have a slightly twisted sense of humor and like the bizarre, it's for you. I've not read any of the other books (yet) but this one worked well enough as a stand-alone, though having a bit more background on a few of the characters might have been nice. The biggest downside of the story was that it was told in a very fragmented style. There were several groups of characters, mostly tangentially related, and the story not only hopped between them, but also moved backwards ... Read More Rating:  - The series isn't as fresh and original as it once was - but Atomic Lobster is still wildly convoluted funTim Dorsey is something of a guilty pleasure. When he's firing on all cylinders, his novels are outrageously funny, wildly convoluted fun. Inevitably, his novels shift back and forth between high energy fun and jokes or story lines that fall flat. When his novels hit their peaks they feature moments that are laugh-out-loud funny. When they fall flat, they can be tedious. Fortunately Dorsey's rapid fire delivery hits more than it misses. I wish I could tell you that Dorsey's humour ... Read More Rating: - Carl Hiassen without the political correctnessJust finished Atomic Lobster and agree with other positive reviewers. An enjoyable (and unplausible) black satire set in current day Florida. This is my first Dorsey book and as suggested by another reviewer will try to read the series starting at the beginning. I mention Hiassen in the title of my review because both Dorsey and Hiassen set their satires in contemporary Florida. If, like me, you are somewhat turned off by Hiassen's PC approach you won't find that with Dorsey. He skewers both ... Read More Rating: - Atomic Lobster by Tim DorseyTim Dorsey's books are always a good read, Serge & Coleman are a hoot! Look forward to many more adventures. Rating: - More adventures of Serge Storms, and a whole lot of fun for the reader...With all the other books I've been reading of late, I missed that Tim Dorsey had come out with another Serge Storms novel... Atomic Lobster. So long as you know what you're getting into with a Dorsey novel, this is a lot of fun much as the others were. It's nearly impossible to write a plot summary of a Dorsey novel. There are a number of things going on that seemingly have nothing to do with anything, only to have them intersect a hundred pages later. The main driving plot in this novel ... Read More 
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