As a lobbyist he had long ago concluded there was no difference in how Democrats and Republicans conducted the business of government. The game stayed the same: It was always about favors and friends,...
Also want you to go to an internist. Courtney says the mental degeneration has occurred so rapidly that it could be pathological. A tumor or something.
You from the IRS? The man's voice was deep and wet, like mud slipping down a drain.
We're much more efficient at carnage now. Try your very hardest not to participate.
The writers had decided that Buck Nance's brothers should refer to him as 'Captain Cock' when quarreling on the show, and inevitably the sleeveless t-shirt bearing that nickname became the top seller...
The vista from atop the poinciana was timeless and serene—a long string of egrets crossing the distant ’glades; a squadron of white pelicans circling a nearby bay; a pair of ospreys hovering kitelike...
The dog proved to be as dumb and stubborn as a mud fence, so Stranahan had named him Strom.
The Curse of the Iguana, he muttered to himself, slouched in the rain.
Stranahan told her not to mistake arrogance for pride. A guy like Chaz can revive his ego with the palm of his hand.
Spending time with Benny the Blister had shaken Buck Nance's confidence in the superiority of the white male. He and his brothers had clung to such views since their Romberg youth, warped by their fat...
So with the endorsement of the Chamber of Commerce, in 1980 Sparky Harper invited fifty travel writers from all newspapers all across North America to come to Miami during Orange Bowl Week and sail th...
Rosa got home from the office at five-thirty. They didn't go out for dinner and they didn't make love. The autopsy she'd completed was that of a girl who had died on her birthday. Only eight years old...
One day he came home to find her burning his collection of heavy-metal CDs, which she had taken to calling devil wafers. She
Now, re-reading Macauley by firelight, Sammy Tigertail struggled to envision the noble and fiercely insulated culture so admiringly documented in those pages. He wondered what the journalist-preacher...
Mrs. Bonneville never buckled her seat belt, even though it was required by state law; an ardent libertarian, she opposed government meddling in all matters of personal choice.
Mick Stranahan’s sister was married to a lawyer named Kipper Garth, inept in all aspects of the profession except self-promotion.
Maureen closed her eyes. Listen to me, Earl. It's yourself you ought to be thinking about. Life goes by so darn fast, every wasted moment is a crime. One blue eye opened and fixed on him. And every c...
Look, I'll tell you the whole story, everything, but first let me dry off and put on some clothes, please?''No, you stay right there.' The man rose and reached for the toilet paper. 'In my experience,...
Like all terrible golfers, Dr. Remond Courtney believed that nothing was too extravagant for his game. He wore Arnold Palmer sweaters and Tom Watson spikes, and carried a full set of Jack Nicklaus Mac...
In other words, we saved an animal from extinction just so we could start killing it again. How messed up is that?