
Tricky Business
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Dick Hill
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Dave Barry
What happens to them all in the midst of the fiercest storm in years, the unpredictable ways in which this trip will change their lives and send them ricocheting off each other like a giant game of pinball, is the story of this astonishing, wickedly satisfying, all-too-human novel by, says Carl Hiaasen, "one of the funniest writers alive".
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laugh out loud
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Is there anything you would change about this book?
Yes, two things. First the sadistic conduct was not necessary. I understand this character was a bad man but I bought this book for the humor, not to have that degree of violence forced on me as I drove down the freeway. Second, it was very hard to track who was on which boat. I lost track until they got together and the typical Dave Barry chaos startedWould you ever listen to anything by Dave Barry again?
Probably, but I have to admit I swore off of him during this book and almost shut this book (and Dave) downWhat about Dick Hill’s performance did you like?
I think Dick Hill is one of the best readers out there. I am surprised at his ability to come up with so many voices, including female voices. That was sure necessary here because Barry comes up with so many characters in this bookWas Tricky Business worth the listening time?
No, but I do enjoy how Barry brings everything together at the end.Any additional comments?
Barry apologized for the profanity in his preface, but the profanity fit the characters and didn't bother me. Bad people don't day "Oh, fudge." But if there is this degree of graphic violence in his next book, I'm probably done with himGratuitous gore? C'mon Dave
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Did you want some waffles? I made some fresh.
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I thought the narrator performed fairly well, given such a diverse range of character types.
Good title of an audiobook suitable genre
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Laugh out loud hilarious!
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Somehow he's managed to involve: the owner of a small empire of cut-rate chain businesses, the mob, a 'has-been/wannabe' rock band, television newscasters, a pissant petty criminal, a variety of cocktail waitresses and casino workers plus the funniest two elderly gentlemen residents of a retirement home in a workable, complex and wildly funny plot. His characters are so well fleshed out that, when many of them reveal surprise elements to the story, the listener is as, if not more, surprised than the other characters! Barry is a Miami resident, and I don't know if the city and its environs are as strange as he portrays them, or even 10% as funny as he makes it, but if I worked for the Florida Tourism Board I would try to incorporate his paradoxically inviting humor into my game plan.
In addition, Dick Hill does a fabulous job as narrator! Some people have a hard time portraying people of the opposite gender, but Hill makes it work. He realistically imitates the accents and voices of the characters so ingeniously that listeners can even tell the difference between two retired nursing home residents from the New York City metro area. You almost wonder if the two collaborated on the work - the combination is that good.
Prepare yourself. Make sure you don't drink any water before you listen to it, and go to the bathroom before you start. (Don't want any accidents, do we?) Schedule out enough time to listen to it so that you can realistically either listen to it in one go if necessary (my daughter and I did it driving from - where else - Florida to Iowa).
Probably the funniest book I've ever read or heard
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A Lot of Fun
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"Tricky Business" is about a sea-going voyage-to-nowhere adventure of one mucilaginous mass of what Florida mutates around its edges. Oh, and it's laugh-out-loud Dave Barry told with the understated timing of Dick Hill.
Whacky Fun.
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Hilarious tale of an unfortunate plan
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The narrator is excellent. He renders each character's voice and personality wonderfully.
Very funny yet action-packed
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