Triggerfish Twist

By: Tim Dorsey

Narrated by: George K. Wilson

Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins

Publisher's summary

Ensconced in a lovely tropical villa on idyllic Triggerfish Lane, Jim Davenport anticipates the good life to come. But this isn't living -- it's Florida, and the neighborhood is not quite what it seems. It's got overly aggressive Little League parents, drug-free Rastafarians, homicidal hookers, unnatural sex and casual violence. Oh, yes, and there's a psychopathic serial killer-cum-Sunshine-State folklorist named Serge A. Storms living directly across the street. So it's only a matter of time before Jim up and actually kills somebody...

©2002 Tim Dorsey (P)2011 Recorded Books, LLC

Hey, good funny story well narrated

The narrator really does make a big difference. Funny storyline. Dorsey’s books require the right delivery though and George Wilson delivers.

great listen

funny, entertaining, poinant. Serge rules. Coleman is especially well portrayed. well worth the time and effort.

Serge Lite

Or, Serge Goes Straight. He talks about it anyway. But his idea of going straight includes a kidnap for ransom to finance going straight. Still, it's not quite as over the top as other Serge Storms books -- he only arranges two of his patented Rube Goldberg killings, and much of the remainder of the book is peopled by very eccentric but mostly ordinary characters, with a relatively low body count. So all in all, a bit on the light side, but still laugh out loud funny.

Well, when I say eccentric but mostly ordinary, that doesn't describe Serge's sidekick Coleman, who is anything but ordinary. Although this is Dorsey's third Serge Storms novel, it either predates or is concurrent with the first, Florida Roadkill. Dorsey explained that this was the only way to write about characters who were killed off in earlier books -- he must mostly mean Coleman. You can see why Dorsey would want to resurrect him for Triggerfish -- his character really comes to life, hilariously. So successfully that Coleman somehow comes back from the dead in later books despite (apparently) dying in Roadkill.

The most memorable moments of any Serge Storms book is when Serge goes on one of his semi-coherent, super-coherent rants. In Triggerfish, he gives the commencement address at a local Tampa college, even though he is not on the faculty -- which doesn't stop him from holding a popular lecture class on Florida history and culture. His advice to the graduates is priceless.

The way George Wilson reads Serge, especially when he riffs on this and that, simply cannot be replicated in reading the print version. It requires this kind of performance. And after yay many Serge Storms books, he has it down pat. At this point, I've read two of Tim Dorsey's first five Serge Storms books in print and listened to two others on audio, and audio is hands down the winning format -- the fifth of those first five is cued up in Audible for a listen in the near future.

Like TV shows "My Name is Earl" & "Seinfeld"

Any additional comments?

This is my first Serge Storms book. Although this is the fourth book in a series, I felt that the book could stand alone.

The book takes the best parts of the TV shows like "My Name is Earl" and "Seinfeld." In Serge Storms, you have an anti-hero (in this case a sociopath/petty theft) with a cast of zany characters inhabiting a neighborhood in Tampa. Poor decisions are made and unfortunate events occur. These missteps unwittingly become magnified by Serge, his violent, coked-out girlfriend, Sharon, and stoner buddy, Coleman until all chaos breaks out.

This is book is hysterical and had me replaying chapters to re-listen to the funniest parts. The author has a wickedly funny perspective on American culture and the city of Tampa, in particular.

The narrator effectively uses different inflections and tones to distinguish the characters. I could tell who was speaking from the narration voice. He uses a nasal voice for most characters, especially the law-abiding characters naive to the plots of various rouges. This may detract for some readers, but I found it a communicated the innocence of the characters.

The book involves sexual matter and murder. If you are easily offended, you probably should pass on this book.

For myself, I will be returning to Tim Dorsey's Tampa again to read the first book.

2nd time reading the series

Love a book love the author loved storyline my 2nd time reading the Ceres this time I get to do in Florida definitely see me doing it again

Catch 22 in Florida

Would you listen to Triggerfish Twist again? Why?

Absolutely! I've gone back through chapters already as I missed some of the dry humor. This book caught me laughing out loud in the airport.

Who was your favorite character and why?

All the characters stood out. Serge was the leader.

Did George K. Wilson do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?

Yes although the voices weren't believable to the characters

If you could rename Triggerfish Twist, what would you call it?

Triggerfish Catch

Awesome

From front to back just a freaking awesome hilarious ride. I Love Serg Storms and oddly agree with him sometimes

this is where I fell in love with Tim Dorsey

ne of my favorite Serge A Storm stories and flipper is a dolphin. turn this into a movie or series

Average in everyway.

I have listened to probably three Dorsey books, all Serge Storms novels. The others had a different narrator. The other narrator reads Serge as though he is jazzed on caffeine (or other chemicals) all of the time. This narrator is fine, but probably since I started out hearing Serge in the other voice, I like the other narrator better. This novel felt like it was a first novel published after his later work sold. Don't know if that's true. Felt like the first half of the novel was developing the characters, with Serge's sidekick Coleman more as the central character. Only after he sort of shifts focus more to Serge does the story take off. Not as good as the other Serge Storms stories, but still ok.

Loose nut behind the wheel

If you could sum up Triggerfish Twist in three words, what would they be?

Oh my God!

What was one of the most memorable moments of Triggerfish Twist?

"Bow-Bow-Bow"!

Have you listened to any of George K. Wilson’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Can't recall.

If you could rename Triggerfish Twist, what would you call it?

"Memoirs of a diseased mind"

Any additional comments?

If Quentin Tarantino was an insane genetic scientist instead of a film maker; he would have combined the DNA of Gary Larson and Jonathan Winters and produced Tim Dorsey from a laboratory.
I think it's safe to assume mental illness runs in the family. No one in their right minds could come up with this sh**!
I loved it!