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Jamie Zawinski reveals one of the unforseen risks of running a nightclub in San Francisco.
What would motivate a woman to steal part of the tip left by her date at a nice restaurant?
I tried to list some possible motivations — thrift, jealousy, perceived justice, selfishness — but in the end, I can’t imagine someone actually doing this, so any reasons I imagine are likely to be incorrect.
Sheesh, I’ve actually left extra money on the table when people weren’t looking.
This story is best known as a bad Demi Moore movie, which is a pity. It’s not my favorite Hiaasen book but it’s well worth reading if you like this sort of thing, which is wonderfully described by a reviewer at Amazon (see link below): As in all Hiaasen’s tales, the climax is upbeat for the heroes while the villains reap their twisted, greatly-deserved kharma.
In a nutshell, a likeable and sympathetic stripper gets in over her head with some shady characters, and some faces familiar to Hiaasen fans help her set things right. Perhaps more than others, this book casts Florida politics in a very unflattering (but apparently accurate) light.
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Dave Barry’s first fictional novel is a wacky-south-Florida crime story in the tradition of Carl Hiaasen or Elmore Leonard. It’s a very entertaining story, perhaps a bit complicated and not quite as funny as you might expect from Barry, but well worth reading nonetheless, especially for fans of the genre.
The story is being made into a movie with huge names — tim allen, dennis farina, janeane garofalo, jason lee, rene russo, stanley tucci…
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A NYT bestseller, Incident at Twenty-Mile is one of the few Westerns I’ve ever read. I’m not a fan of the genre, but I found this book highly recommended, and I agree with the praise. It’s really more of an adventure story set within the American West, and in fact I’d wager that fans of the Western genre might like this book less than people who generally do not read Westerns.
See the Amazon link below for a nice plot summary and a debate (by reader/reviewiers) about the book’s appeal.
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