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The Pope of Palm Beach

by Tim Dorsey · 2018

From Florida’s king of mayhem—"compulsively irreverent and shockingly funny" (Boston Globe) New York Times bestselling author Tim Dorsey—comes a diabolically madcap adventure featuring the indomitable Serge A. Storms. No… more

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Why read a book? If you read books you'd understand that question is like 'Why Breathe?
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One of the side effects of good psychedelics is you can't remember how much you took.
new-and-improved, guilt-free Reality Ultra-Lite: all your beliefs with none of the facts.
that social media could do something to make the humans bring down themselves.” “What’s that?” “Weaponize stupidity.” “Jesus, where does it all lead?” asked Coleman. “The Big Unraveling.” Serge chugged coffee. “It starts with attacks on our most sacred institutions,
Nobody ever brought up the hairpiece, and Salenca thought it was the perfect crime.

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From Florida’s king of mayhem—"compulsively irreverent and shockingly funny" (Boston Globe) New York Times bestselling author Tim Dorsey—comes a diabolically madcap adventure featuring the indomitable Serge A. Storms.

No one worships the Sunshine State as much as Serge A. Storms. Perpetually hunting Floridian arcana and lore, he and his permanently baked sidekick, Coleman, are on the road again. This time they’re on a frenzied literary pilgrimage that leads them back to Riviera Beach, the cozy seaside town where the boys spent their formative years.

Growing up, Serge was enthralled by the Legend of Riviera Beach, aka Darby, a welder at the port who surfed the local waves long before the hot spots were hot. A god on the water, the big-hearted surfer was a friend to everyone—the younger surfers, cops, politicians, wealthy businessmen and ordinary Joes—a generosity of spirit that earned h

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First published
2018
Genre
Fiction
Goodreads rating
4.11 (3k ratings)

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