Book Review: Tricky Business
Tricky Business by Dave Barry
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
It was an entertaining, briskly-paced caper. As with Big Trouble, the bad guys are borderline idiots and most of the protagonists don't know they're protagonists, which Barry pulls off in a very entertaining fashion. There are bouts of inane conversation that go on for pages at a time, but that's sort of his trademark, so asking him not to do that would be like asking Elvis to hold off on the hip-swiveling.
Barry manages to fill the 300+ pages with the events of just one night, casting viewpoints far and wide among very different characters. By the end, I found myself caring about everyone I was supposed, so apparently he did a decent job of it.
I'd recommend this as a light read, perhaps on the beach, but it's not quite on the level of Elmore Leonard.
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