G.P. Putnam's Sons
September 2017
On Sale: September 5, 2017
240 pages ISBN: 1101982616 EAN: 9781101982617 Kindle: B01BS7N74E Trade Size / e-Book (reprint) Add to Wish List
A brilliantly funny exploration of the Sunshine State from the man who knows it best: Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Timesโbestselling author Dave Barry.
We never know what will happen next in Florida. We know only that, any minute now, something will. Every few months, Dave Barry gets a call from some media person wanting to know, โWhat the hell is wrong with Florida?โ Somehow, the stateโs acquired an image as a subtropical festival of stupid, and as a loyal Floridian, Dave begs to differ. Sure, there was the 2000 election. And people seem to take their pants off for no good reason. And it has flying insects the size of LeBron James. But it is a great state, and Dave is going to tell you why. Join him as he celebrates Florida from Key West at the bottom to whatever it is thatโs at the top, from the Sunshine Stateโs earliest history to the fun-fair of weirdness that it is today.
Itโs the most hilarious book yet from โthe funniest damn writer in the whole countryโ (Carl Hiaasen, and he should know). By the end, youโll have to admit that whatever else you might think about Floridaโyou can never say itโs boring.
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