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    Paradise Dogs
    Paradise Dogs
    Paradise Dogs
    Audiobook10 hours

    Paradise Dogs

    Written by Man Martin

    Narrated by David Aaron Baker

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Georgia Author of the Year Award winner Man Martin delivers a riotous, briskly paced work that Atlanta Magazine honored as a Top Ten Pick. Erstwhile hot-dog-restaurant manager Adam Newman has a lot on his plate-and usually more than a bit in his drinking glass. With an ex-wife to win back, a fiancEe to lose, a son to mentor, and a load of missing diamonds to locate, Adam may have finally bitten off more than he can chew. "A full-bore slapstick marathon in the tradition of Carl Hiaasen."-Publishers Weekly
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateJul 27, 2012
    ISBN9781464048890
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    • 4/5
      I was drawn in by this book. It reminded me of a Carl Hiaasen book with it's style of writing. The character of Adam Newman was just quirky enough to keep me from putting this book down. I found the time gap between when Adam and Evelyn get married to the present to be hard to follow. It took me about a chapter to figure out just what was happening (as Adam was trying to woo Evelyn back with the diamonds, I was trying to figure out why he was doing that if they were married, but then I figured it out). From losing the diamonds to following the trail of the so-called Communists, Adam Newman keeps you on the edge of your seat. Just trying to keep up with his various personas kept me busy. This is a good read!!
    • 5/5
      Adam Newman is a piece of work: Good hearted, accident prone, given to flights of fancy – that might be real. It’s the 1960s in Orlando, Florida. Adam and his ex-wife Evelyn spent the best years of their lives together when they owned Paradise Dogs. “Just hot dogs. But the very best hot dogs.”Now he’s trying to win Evelyn back before he marries their former waitress, Lily. He’s lost a quarter million dollars worth of diamonds. But first he has to deliver a baby, conduct some marriage counseling, repair a television, provide legal advice, find his next drink, get his son a better job at the Sentinel, help his son’s potential girlfriend (currently his step-son’s girlfriend) retain her fellowship at the University of Florida, and get committed to Chattahoochee. There’s also the matter of several mysterious corporations buying up land south of Orlando, including two parcels that Adam owns. He suspects communist involvement.Adam is a wonderful master of chaos who makes all the wrong moves for the right reasons. The adventure comes in seeing how it all plays out.
    • 2/5
      I won this book on Library Thing's early review copy and I found it hard to follow. The book is set in the 60's and has a few main characters. Adam Newman is yearning to reunite with his estranged wife and recapture what they once had when they ran their legendary hot dog restaurant. I did find some things in this book cute, for the most part was rather shifty to say the least. Adam is somewhat of an eccentric character, which is to a degree a bit delusional in assuming other peoples identities. This was a quick read, but the plot is kind of hard to follow. One thing I did enjoy about the book was the descriptive passages of Florida; the author did well in that regard, otherwise a mediocre book.
    • 4/5
      Florida in the mid-1960's. Adam Newman is an enterpreneurish sort of middle-aged alcoholic ex-restaurant owner, still re-courting his ex-wife, who spends most of his time drunk, makes decisions in said state not exactly based on reality, and doesn't remember them later. Other characters include his grown son and step-son, the girl they both love, Adam's current fiancee, several and varied professionals whom Adam inadvertently impersonates in a George Plimpton fashion out of an unfortunate desire to help people, and Walt Disney. There are several schemes by Adam to regenerate his wealth, win back his ex-wife and recover $250,000 in loose diamonds that he has somehow misplaced. We see here elements of "A Confederacy of Dunces" and some of William Saroyan's more frustrating stories featuring amiable drunks who held that their good intentions should be sufficient to bring fruition to their surreal endeavors. "Paradise Dogs" is just as frustrating, but is partially redeemed by a rather sweet and improbably successful conclusion.
    • 3/5
      This was an early reviewer book and I found myself struggling to get through it. That turns out to be more my problem than the authors. He actually writes with fun and wit much like Hiason. I believe this will really be enjoyed by those in the Florida area instead of us in the midwest. But, again, I am reading more historical fiction right now and so my review is really unfair.
    • 4/5
      Carl Hiaasen immediately comes to mind when reading Paradise Dogs by Man Martin. Quirky characters, especially protagonist Adam Newman, romp through Florida in the time when Disneyworld was just an idea in the genius mind of Walt DIsney. Adam manages to get himself into and out of "bungles" with good fortune and happy circumstance. This is a likable read and would be a great beach book. It has humor, tenderness, nostalgia and I found myself connecting with some of the characters. There's a bit too much fluff to be 5 stars, but a good 4 1/2.