From BooklistSeth Weinstein, trudging along in an aimless career as a Twitter marketer, knows he is outmatched by his fiance, Tina, who is rich, brilliant, and driven by serious causes. But amazingly, she has agreed to marry him. So they are off to Florida for their fabulous wedding, paid for by Tinas rich and powerful father, who doesnt quite approve of Seth. And Seth does not fail to disappoint as he and his Groom Posse become entangled with a stripper, her angry boyfriend, a desperate Haitian refugee and her children, and a cast of others in the hectic two days leading up to his wedding. When he should be preparing for the wedding, hes off on rescue missions and avoiding police in a car chase. Can Seth pull himself together in his grand misadventure of wildly competing desires and obligations to do the right thing and still make it to the altar? Pulitzer Prizewinning humorist Barrys latest offers a wild romp through south Florida. --Vanessa Bush Praise for Lunatics by Dave Barry and Alan ZweibelAn outrageously funny, irreverent, over-the-top comic mystery.Sun SentinelCreative, unusual and over the top. The Associated PressA novel for those who love one-liners, outrageous characters and loopy plots.Kirkus sPraise for Dave Barrys Ill Mature When Im Dead[Barry] is truly the funniest man living in the three mile safe zone off the shores of America.Steve MartinDespite years of medication, Dave Barry is still the funniest damn writer in the whole country. Lets hope he never grows up.Carl HiaasenFans know what to expect from Dave Barry: joke-packed prose and one-liners and I'll Mature When I'm Dead continues that tradition.The Associated PressAbout the AuthorDAVE BARRY is a Pulitzer Prizewinning columnist for the Miami Herald and a New York Times bestselling author. how many books does the average person read in a year Insane City
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Funniest book I've read in a long time - maybe everBy Husky BobalinaInsane City is the first Dave Barry novel I've read, and I was delighted with his humor and style. The title is more than apt, and the twists and turns of the plot are, as the title foreshadows, insane. As the story unfolded, I found myself morphing from smiling wryly to laughing out loud as I tried to guess where this story was headed next. I never did get it right. Barry taps his private cellar of zany ideas to take the reader down pathways other writers can't begin to imagine. Even when he signals where things might go next,; they don't, with hysterical results.This saga of a dream wedding gone wrong could be savored in one or two intensive reading sessions, but I read it over several days, and the structure of many short, funny chapters helped me to savor a couple at a time, like a degustation at a fine restaurant. Either way, Insane City is worth the effort.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Nobody can write south Florida like Dave Barry Carl Hiaasen.By DataDameI lived in the Keys for a long time and Miami is indeed an insane city, and Dave Barry is one of its treasures. I mean, he won a Pulitzer as a HUMOR writer - of COURSE this is a great read! I didn't get as many out-loud laughs as I have from some of his other work (including his years of weekly columns for the Miami Herald, which was the biggest reason I bought the Herald every Sunday), but the out-loud laughs are definitely there, and there was at least one time in this book when I found myself laughing so hard I jcouldn't read and had to put the book down for a couple of minutes and collect myself. As implausible as the plot may seem, remember - this is Miami and anything can and does happen there and once again, Dave Barry nails it.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Dave Barry's best book for many reasonsBy BobThis book has everything, humor (nobody is better than Dave Barry at making people laugh), drugs, booze, very bad decisions, terrible mistakes, problems that keep growing and getting worse, people who are desperate (life or death desperate), evil people, extremely evil people, good people, extremely kind people, extreme wealth, extreme poverty, and a man who is not sure what he wants but he is figuring it out. All this is in the first 81 pages of a 385 page book.I decided to write this review before I finished reading it because I don't want to give away the ending so it's better that I know nothing about it. I can only tell you the ending is impossible to predict. I can also tell you that you absolutely must buy this book. It's priceless, even better than Lunatics because it has a serious side to it. I have read virtually every book Mr. Barry has written. This is his best, his masterpiece. I don't make things up. You have to buy this book.