Another new (to me) author and another GREAT find! Florida Straits has some of the most interesting characters I've come across in a long time. Shames writes a great accent. I can HEAR these guys talking - amazing. Joey Goldman, a loser in New York, decides to re-invent himself in Key West... He's great and his efforts are marvelous. And now I have the other Shames' to read! ( )

A better book than the other Laurence Shames book I read, but still no Carl Hiaasen. I like the transplanted New Yorker becoming a Floridian. The process of changing made the main character fairly endearing. Overall, a good solid read-for-fun with quirky characters and a not so hard to believe premise. ( )