Island Tempest - Hardcover

Mewshaw, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399152210 ISBN 13: 9780399152214

Publisher: Putnam Adult, 2004

Synopsis

Living on the exclusive resort island of Eden off the coast of Florida after being forced into retirement after a corporate takeover, Frank Pritchard spends his days quietly, reminiscing about his late wife and dreaming up ways to get back at the corporate raiders, but his life takes a bizarre turn thanks to the colorful fellow residents of his gated community. 10,000 first printing.

About this title

About the Author:

Michael Mewshaw is the author of nine critically acclaimed novels and half a dozen successful books of nonfiction. Mewshaw lives in Key West and Europe.

From Publishers Weekly:

Mewshaw (Shelter from the Storm,etc.) carves out a piece of Florida retirement turf for this leisurely thriller, in which a crippled ex-con and his widower neighbor join forces to become unlikely partners in crime. "Not your usual SMOPs, the Slow-Moving Old People, the shrunken, sun-crusted peanuts who plugged the arteries of the rest of Florida," Mewshaw writes about the residents of Eden, the upscale island where his two damaged protagonists live. Frank Pritchard, a sad and bitter former executive who helped create Eden but was forced out of the company while his wife was dying, reads The Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook for pleasure. In the house next door, Cal Barlow—a mysterious paraplegic protected by a federal witness program—copes with his troubles in more physical ways. Ariel, a South African physical therapist, and Randi, a "trophy wife currently between husbands," round off the quartet, as Frank and Cal become friends and allies. Frank is determined to get revenge on his former colleagues, and Cal has plenty of advice to give. In the end, however, it's Cal's past that catches up with the duo. Mewshaw has an uncanny ear for dialogue and razor-sharp descriptive powers, but too little happens in this sun-baked crime caper.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Putnam Adult
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0399152210
• ISBN 13: 9780399152214
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304