Picture of the Day for 11/7/2011. Attended a Tim Dorsey book signing at Murder on the Beach bookstore in Delray Beach, Florida.
Dorsey's novels feature Serge Storms, a Florida history-loving homicidal nutcase, and his drug-addled sidekick Coleman.
Dorsey is friends with Randy Wayne White, one of my favorite Florida authors. Dorsey read the following vignette from his novel Electric Barracuda where White makes a cameo appearance:
It was an off-hour in the heat of the afternoon. Serge and Coleman had the bar to themselves. Almost. A single soul sat by himself on the last stool at the opposite end. Could be mistaken for a wrestler. Burly and muscular, shaved head like Mr. Clean. Hiking shorts, green-and-red Cartagena baseball jersey. Nursing a draft in a sweating mug.
People eventually began trickling in as the day cooled toward evening. A few occasionally approached the man with books to sign.
"Who's that guy?" asked Coleman.
"Randy Wayne White, the famous author," said Serge. "This is his turf, so don't do anything to embarrass me."
"Yo! Randy!" yelled Coleman. "Your books suck!"
Totally made me laugh.
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