Coconut Cowboy: A Novel (Serge Storms, 20)
<p>Channeling his inner <em>Easy Rider,</em> Serge Storms saddles up for his most epic, lethal, and hilarious road trip ever as he revvs off to find the lost American Dream . . . starting in the Florida Panhandle.</p><p>Obsessed with the iconic Sixties classic <em>Easy Rider</em>, encyclopedic Floridaphile, lovable serial killer, and movie buff extraordinaire Serge A. Storms devises his wildest plan yet: finish the journey begun by his freewheeling heroes, Captain America and Billy, tragically cut short by some shotgun-wielding rednecks.</p><p>Setting a course for the Florida panhandle, Captain Serge€"with Coleman literally riding shotgun€"mounts his classic motorcycle and hits the highway in search of the real America: the apple-pie-eating, freedom-swilling moms and pops of Main Street USA.</p><p>But the America he finds in the rural burgs dotting the neck of the peninsula is a little bit different . . . and a whole lot weirder than anything Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper encountered. In a state where criminal politicians are more common than gators, Serge and Coleman discover one particular speed-trap locale so aggressively inept at corruption that investigators are baffled where to start.</p><p>Expect nothing less than madness, mayhem, ingenious homicides, and mind-altering pharmaceuticals when Serge and Coleman€s path intersects with the Sunshine State€s hyper-dysfunctional rusticity.</p><p>Where€s Jack Nicholson when you need him?</p>