Dave Barry is the author of more bestsellers than you can count on two hands, including Swamp Story, Lessons from Lucy, Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys, Dave Barry Turns Forty, and Dave Barry Is Not Making This Up. A wildly popular syndicated columnist best known for his booger jokes, Barry won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for commentary. He lives in Miami.
"Get ready to laugh out loud with Dave Barry's return to fiction,
Swamp Story. It's a hilarious Sunshine-State caper....The Pulitzer
Prize-winner and self-described 'Florida Man' always delivers the
laughs, and Swamp Story is no exception." -- Parade "Dave Barry has
been writing about Florida his whole life, yet still finds fresh
foolishness in his latest novel, Swamp Story, which whips together
melon-headed cryptids, invasive pythons, TikTok stardom and
preening politicians to hilarious effect." -- Tampa Bay Times
"Larger than life hijinks abound in Swamp Story, the zany thriller
from Dave Barry....a hilarious caper that could only happen in
Florida. Fans of Barry and Carl Hiaasen will be on the edge of
their seats--except when they're rolling on the floor." -- Shelf
Awareness "Florida's humorist laureate finds chaos and comedy in
the Everglades....Gold bars, pythons, and TikTok videos of swamp
monsters add up to a hilarious Florida tale....Barry makes mirth of
all this mayhem with his usual aplomb." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred
review) "Crime fiction doesn't come much funnier than this
Florida-set caper....Barry conducts the hijinks like a maestro of
comic suspense. Carl Hiaasen fans will be in heaven." -- Publishers
Weekly
"The funniest thing we've read in years, or maybe just since the
last Dave Barry novel." --PEOPLE Magazine "Before you open this
book, ask yourself one important question: How hard do I want to
laugh? Because (a) it's Dave Barry, and (b) it's Dave Freaking
Barry. Of course Swamp Story is about greed, fraud, and viral fame,
but there are also big-ass reptiles to keep the sketchiest
characters on their toes. Everything that happens in this wild
novel could easily happen in South Florida, and probably will. Read
it here first. Dave's version is always the funniest." --Carl
Hiaasen 'With Swamp Story, Dave Barry combines two important
elements of literature: A swamp and a story."-- Steve Martin "Dave
Barry continues his powerful, hypnotic, sway over us readers with
this latest, powerful, hypnotic work that is not only hilariously
funny, but also powerful and hypnotic." -- ALSO Steve Martin "I
laughed out loud! (to think that Dave would dare publish a book).
Yet, this book continues Dave's streak of humor writing that is the
best in the country. Congratulations to Dave and all the lucky
readers." -- AGAIN, Steve Martin "I'm frankly tired of Dave Barry
being so funny. Yet, he's done it again to the benefit and delight
of all of us. A hilarious new work." -- STILL Steve Martin "I
haven't read it yet, but I love it!" -- YET AGAIN, Steve Martin "An
authentically rendered distillation of the Sunshine State's special
sensibility. The novel is funny, ridiculous, and even moving--a
typical Barry affair....Barry's crew of misfits is a wild one, but
the dual plots he sets in motion are why Swamp Story shines....If
you want to read about the state and have fun doing so...read Swamp
Story and dive into the Floridian muck. It takes a Florida man to
write a proper, ridiculous Florida novel." --Washington Examiner
"If you are looking for a silly, inane, ridiculous, hysterically
funny and laugh-out-loud read for this summer, I have a book for
you!....one heck of a yarn. Barry is a master of dialogue....If you
have ever lived in Florida, wintered in Florida, or even vacationed
in Florida, you will appreciate the humor Barry finds in the state.
And even if you haven't been there, you'll enjoy a good laugh at
its expense."-- Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star
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