The Big Bamboo
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The Big Bamboo is the eighth novel by Tim Dorsey
featuring the sociopathic anti-hero
Serge A. Storms
. It was published in the USA in March 2006 and May 2006 in the UK. The plotline follows Serge A. Storms
as he follows his recent obsession of Hollywood and movies, in particular the movie The Punisher
, which was shot on location in Florida. Serge travels to Hollywood to write a screenplay, something that Coleman
, his constantly-addled companion, is constantly interrupting with obnoxious and sometimes outrageous concerns.
Another subplot involves a screenwriter who is trying to gain his intellectual property back from a major studio that is a parody of Miramax, ending with a climax that reveals that the major characters of the story have been involved in a scam of massive proportions, at the height of which several studio executives are killed during a re-creation of the parting of the Red Sea.
The name of the book is taken from the now closed Big Bamboo lounge located south of Orlando, Florida
which is featured in the book.
Tim Dorsey
Tim Dorsey is an American novelist. His writing style is frequently compared to those of Dave Barry and Carl Hiaasen . Dorsey's books are crime capers in the Florida style pioneered by John D. MacDonald.-Biography:Dorsey was born in Indiana but moved to Florida at an early age...
featuring the sociopathic anti-hero
Anti-hero
In fiction, an antihero is generally considered to be a protagonist whose character is at least in some regards conspicuously contrary to that of the archetypal hero, and is in some instances its antithesis in which the character is generally useless at being a hero or heroine when they're...
Serge A. Storms
Serge A. Storms
Serge A. Storms is the main fictional character in most of Tim Dorsey's novels . His name is a pun on storm surge.In most of Dorsey's books, Storms is in his mid-forties in age...
. It was published in the USA in March 2006 and May 2006 in the UK. The plotline follows Serge A. Storms
Serge A. Storms
Serge A. Storms is the main fictional character in most of Tim Dorsey's novels . His name is a pun on storm surge.In most of Dorsey's books, Storms is in his mid-forties in age...
as he follows his recent obsession of Hollywood and movies, in particular the movie The Punisher
The Punisher (2004 film)
The Punisher is a 2004 American comic book action film, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, starring Thomas Jane as the antihero Frank Castle / The Punisher and John Travolta as the villain Howard Saint, a money launderer who orders the death of Castle's entire family...
, which was shot on location in Florida. Serge travels to Hollywood to write a screenplay, something that Coleman
Coleman
Coleman is a surname of both English and Gaelic origin, being found in both Great Britain and Ireland. In England, it is a trade name from Old English col, coal, and mann, man and in Ireland it comes from the personal name Colmán....
, his constantly-addled companion, is constantly interrupting with obnoxious and sometimes outrageous concerns.
Another subplot involves a screenwriter who is trying to gain his intellectual property back from a major studio that is a parody of Miramax, ending with a climax that reveals that the major characters of the story have been involved in a scam of massive proportions, at the height of which several studio executives are killed during a re-creation of the parting of the Red Sea.
The name of the book is taken from the now closed Big Bamboo lounge located south of Orlando, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...
which is featured in the book.