Electric Barracuda by Tim Dorsey

 

Wow. This is gonzo as *fuck*, makes Hiassen look staid and strait-laced. Just a bonkers crime novel set in South Florida, with a lot of characters who might not be entirely operating in consensus reality. Frequently laugh-out-loud funny. The only other writer I've seen write this bonkers and make a readable novel out of it is Christopher Moore--though, to be clear, Dorsey doesn't write much like Moore. Clearly well into a series, and maybe more after, stands on its own well enough. I'll probably be reading more, even though I don't prefer series fiction.