When Elves Attack: A Joyous Christmas Greeting from the Criminal Nutbars of the Sunshine State

When Elves Attack: A Joyous Christmas Greeting from the Criminal Nutbars of the Sunshine State

by Tim Dorsey

Narrated by Oliver Wyman

Unabridged — 5 hours, 2 minutes

When Elves Attack: A Joyous Christmas Greeting from the Criminal Nutbars of the Sunshine State

When Elves Attack: A Joyous Christmas Greeting from the Criminal Nutbars of the Sunshine State

by Tim Dorsey

Narrated by Oliver Wyman

Unabridged — 5 hours, 2 minutes

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Overview

“The undisputed king of the comic crime novel.”
-Providence Journal

Nobody does Florida weirdness quite like Tim Dorsey! Case in point: When Elves Attack, the New York Times bestselling author's twisted Christmas present to his legion of adoring fans who can't get enough of thrill-killer and Sunshine State historian Serge A. Storms, the most endearing psychopath since Dexter. Dorsey offers the perfect antidote for all those sappy feel-good holiday stories with this zany blockbuster extravaganza in which his wonderfully deranged serial killer Floridaphile delivers his special brand of Christmas cheer. More outrageous than Santa Claus in a Speedo, When Elves Attack serves up a Yuletide feast of the “pure gonzo humor” the New York Times Book Review enthusiastically attributes to this fearlessly funny writer. Think Bad Santa and National Lampoon's Family Vacation, blend in Dorsey's trademark appetite for destruction, and you've got hilarious crime fiction black comedy that anyone would be thrilled to discover stuffed in their Christmas stocking.


Editorial Reviews

Macon County Herald

You Gotta Read This…best laughs.

Bookreporter.com

Hilarious. ... Dorsey never seems to run out of new and unique ways for his deranged creation to dry up the gene pools of the rude and the inconsiderate. His research of Florida’s history and penchant for sprinkling arcane trivia throughout his books make each and every one a keeper.

Las Vegas Review-Journal

Plenty of mayhem, sex and, yes, death.

EagleTribune.com

With a gleefully iconoclastic streak of holiday pandemonium, Dorsey ramps up the usual Serge-and-Coleman mayhem by several notches. You’re in for a heck of a sleigh ride here.

Tulsa World

Hilarious

Star News Online

Dorsey, following Carl Hiaasen’s star, spin[s] goofball yarns about Florida’s inherent craziness.

Patriot Ledger

Dorsey serves up some zany holiday. …Full of suspense and more than a few chuckles.

GoodReads

The perfect antidote for all those sappy feel-good holiday novellas

Florida Times-Union

Dorsey weaves in the overt insanity of our holiday season with his own special brand to give us a special little tome. [When Elves Attack] will win Dorsey new fans.

Gainesville Times

Fun to read. …Sick and twisted, but delightfully so. Serge is one hard core Santa figure…memorable.

Suspense Magazine

The cover of Dorsey’s book boasts, “A JOYOUS CHRISTMAS GREETING FROM THE CRIMINAL NUTBARS OF THE SUNSHINE STATE” and I must say…it’s all that and so much more. … Hilarious...Dorsey will hold you captive until the last word is read!

Tampa Tribune

Fans of Dorsey’s slapstick-comedy style will find plenty to like. Dorsey again proves he’s some sort of mad master with a concoction that features zany physical comedy, dark humor, social commentary, and Florida history.

Kirkus Reviews

Multitasking maniac Serge Storms (Electric Barracuda, 2011, etc.) slows the flow when he concentrates on having a down-home Florida Christmas. Roaring into Tampa, Serge has just two wishes: to become a family man like his old friend Jim Davenport, and to Take Christmas Big. And what better way to start than to return to Triggerfish Lane and move next door to good old Jim? Jim's wife Martha is already stressed to the max by her mother-in-law's annual holiday visit, complete with Mother Davenport's generous gesture of wiping down the bathroom with bleach before using it. But the sight of Serge's 1972 Chevelle pulling up at the curb drives excitable Martha's anxiety to fever pitch, especially after her teenage daughter finds the newly minted family man a worthy role model. In Serge's mind, no family is complete without its feminine side, so he beefs up his household, so far limited to his drug-addled pal Coleman, with the addition of City and Country, two chicks on the run since an incident in a Tuscaloosa bar. Now Serge can work on Taking Christmas Big, starting out by taking Country under the mistletoe and proving that a kiss isn't just a kiss. Then there's the 10-foot tree that almost fits through the front door and Coleman's dope-laced gingerbread. Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without presents, so Serge and Coleman, dressed as elves, head to the Tampa Mall to shop--and to discuss Martha's Thanksgiving Day dust-up with mall security. Although Serge is thinking big, Dorsey's holiday gift is small, with his new, linear story line a mere shadow of his mayhem-filled priors.

Product Details

BN ID: 2940170064991
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: 10/25/2011
Series: Serge Storms Series , #14
Edition description: Unabridged
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