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Author:

Cooper, Thomas, author.

Title:

Florida Man : Tom Cooper.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Random House,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

xxiv, 382 pages ; 25 cm

Subject:

Middle-aged men--Fiction.
Islands--Fiction.
Antiquities--Fiction.
Assassins--Fiction.
Revenge--Fiction.
FICTION / Crime.
FICTION / Humorous / Black Humor.
FICTION / Southern.
Revenge.
Middle-aged men.
Islands.
Assassins.
Antiquities.
Florida--Fiction.
Florida.
Suspense fiction.
Magic realist fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Magic realist fiction.
Fiction.
Suspense fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Magic realist fiction.

Summary:

"Florida, circa 1980. Reed Crowe, the eponymous Florida Man, is a middle-aged beach bum, beleaguered and disenfranchised, living on ill-gotten gains deep in the jungly heart of Florida. When sinkholes start opening on Emerald Island, not only are Reed Crowe's seedy businesses--a moribund motel and shabby amusement park--endangered but so are his secrets. Crowe, amateur spelunker, begins uncovering artifacts that change his understanding of the island's history, as well as his understanding of his family's birthright as pioneering homesteaders. As this unfolds, Crowe has to contend with Hector 'Catface' Morales, a Cuban refugee, trained assassin, and crack-addicted Marielito, seeking revenge on Reed for stealing his stash of drugs and leaving him for dead (unbeknownst to Reed) in the wreckage of a plane crash in the Everglades decades ago. Meanwhile, there are other Florida men with whom Crowe must contend ... There are curses. There are sea monsters. There are biblical storms. There's something called the Jupiter Effect. Ultimately, Florida Man is a generation-spanning story about how a man decides to live his life, and how despite staying landlocked and stubbornly in one place, the world nevertheless comes to him"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0593133315
9780593133316

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1119742084

LCCN:

2019038126

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)

GMPD771 -- Pleasant Hill Public Library (Pleasant Hill)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)