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The Maltese Iguana The Maltese Iguana Mermaid Confidential Tropic of Stupid Tropic of Stupid Naked Came the Florida Man No Sunscreen for the Dead The Pope of Palm Beach Clownfish Blues Coconut Cowboy Coconut Cowboy Shark Skin Suite Tiger Shrimp Tango The Riptide Ultra-Glide Pineapple Grenade Electric Barracuda Gator A-Go-Go Nuclear Jellyfish Atomic Lobster Atomic Lobster Hurricane Punch The Big Bamboo The Big Bamboo Torpedo Juice Florida Roadkill Torpedo Juice Cadillac Beach The Stingray Shuffle Triggerfish Twist Orange Crush Hammerhead Ranch Motel
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The Republicans' "golden boy" -- and a loyal, unquestioning tool of the powerful special interests -- handsome, unthreatening, Florida governor-by-default Marlon Conrad seems a virtual shoo-in for re-election. That is, until he undergoes a radical personality shift during a bloody military action in the Balkans. Now it's just three weeks before the election and Marlon is suddenly talking about "issues" and "reform" as he crosses the length and breadth of his home state with an amnesiac speechwriter and a chief of staff who turns catatonic in the presence of minorities. The governor's new-found conscience might well cost him the election, though. And it appears that pretty much everybody from Tallahassee to Miami Beach is trying to kill him...
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