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A hilarious spin on life in the celebrity fast lane from “Florida’s most entertainingly indignant social critic” (New York Times Book Review) and the bestselling author of Squeeze Me.Meet twenty-two-year-old Cherry Pye (née Cheryl Bunterman), a pop star since she was fourteen–and about to attempt a comeback from her latest drug-and-alcohol meet Cherry again: in the person of her “undercover stunt double,” Ann DeLusia. Ann portrays Cherry whenever the singer is too “indisposed”–meaning wasted–to go out in public. And it is Ann-mistaken-for-Cherry who is kidnapped from a South Beach hotel by obsessed paparazzo Bang the challenge for Cherry’s handlers (über-stage mother; horndog record producer; nipped, tucked, and Botoxed twin publicists; weed whacker-wielding bodyguard) is to rescue Ann while keeping her existence a secret from Cherry’s public–and from Cherry situation is more complicated than they know. Ann has had a bewitching encounter with Skink–the unhinged former governor of Florida living wild in a mangrove swamp–and now he’s heading for Miami to find Bang Abbott achieve his fantasy of a lucrative private photo session with Cherry Pye? Will Cherry sober up in time to lip-synch her way through her concert tour? Will Skink track down Ann DeLusia before Cherry’s motley posse does?
Author: Carl Hiaasen
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Published: 9/16/2025
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55 lbs
Size: 7.7″ H x 5.1″ L x 0.9″ W
ISBN: 9798217008261
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