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Tricky business

Tricky business

by Dave Barry

2002Ocean travelStormsFictionGamblersLarge type books
3.7
Open Library
Open Library

About this book

An unusual assortment of passengers, including Fay Benton, a cocktail waitress and single mother, and hired killer Lou Tarrant embark on a voyage aboard the Extravaganza of the Seas, a gambling ship with another mysterious function.

Themes & subjects

Ocean travelStormsFictionGamblersLarge type booksFiction, humorous, general
First published 2002

Setting

Florida

About the author

Dave Barry
Dave Barry

July 3, 1947

David McAlister "Dave" Barry is a Pulitzer Prize winning American author and columnist, who wrote a nationally syndicated humor column for the Miami Herald from 1983 to 2005. He has also written numerous books of humor and parody, as well as comedic novels. - Wikipedia

Author

Dave Barry

First published

2002

Pages

320

Read time

≈ 8h

Editions

16

Language

English

Publisher

Brilliance Audio

ISBN

9781417698936

Where to buy

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