Salty
Synopsis:
It’s rock stars vs. pirates in Thailand in the latest comic thriller by Mark Haskell Smith, a man who “writes like Carl Hiaasen’s oversexed cousin” (Booklist).
“[Mark Haskell Smith’s] books are brilliant: Perverse black humor and sensuality, totally unexpected situations . . . so compelling it is impossible not to finish once you’ve started.” —Liz Smith
Turk Henry is overweight, unemployed, and unafraid to have a cold beer for breakfast. He’s also a rock star (the bassist for the defunct megaplatinumselling Metal Assassin), married to a supermodel, and rich beyond his wildest dreams, and right now his pampered paunch is plopped on the beach in Phuket. Turk has discovered that Thailand is probably the last place a recovering sex addict should go on vacation, yet here he is, surrounded by topless groupies and haunted by the stares of hundreds of luscious bar girls. It is a catalytic environment cranked up to eleven. What would his therapist say?
Turk’s struggles with monogamy pale beside a greater challenge when his wife is abducted by a group of renegade, shipless Thai pirates. The U.S. government won’t help—they suspect the pirates are terrorists—and the law forbids Turk from paying the ransom. As Turk, his life skills limited to playing bass and partying, navigates the back alleys of Bangkok and the deadly jungles of Southeast Asia to save his wife, Salty heats up and sweats bullets.
Featuring skinflint American tourists, topless beaches, a hypochondriac U.S. government agent, suitcases loaded with cash, an overeager “full service” personal assistant, a horny Australian commando, inventive prostitutes, and an urbane pirate with a fetish for alabaster skin, this is a hilariously entertaining, thoroughly debauched novel—with a happy finish.
Topics/Categories:
Heavy Metal, Kidnapping, Pirates, Rambutans, Thailand
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Publishers:
Grove/Atlantic, Inc./Black Cat
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Original Publish Date:
June 1, 2007
Formats:
Paperback
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