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Title: Salty
Author: Mark Haskell Smith
Narrator: Peter Berkrot
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
Language: English
Release date: 12-03-15
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: Fiction, Humor
Publisher's Summary:
From the author of Moist and Delicious comes a raucous comic novel where anything goes.
Turk Henry, an overweight, unemployed rock star married to a supermodel, has discovered that Thailand is probably the last place a recovering sex addict should go on vacation, yet here he is, surrounded by topless groupies and haunted by the stares of hundreds of luscious bar girls. Turk's struggles with monogamy, however, pale beside a greater challenge when his wife is abducted by a group of renegade, shipless Thai pirates. As Turk, whose life skills are limited to playing bass and partying, navigates the back alleys of Bangkok and the deadly jungles of Southeast Asia to save his wife, Salty heats up and sweats bullets.
Featuring skinflint American tourists, topless beaches, a hypochondriac US government agent, suitcases loaded with cash, an overeager full-service personal assistant, a horny Australian commando, inventive prostitutes, and an urbane pirate with a fetish for alabaster skin, this is a hilariously entertaining, thoroughly debauched caper novel - with a happy finish.
Critic Reviews:
"In Carl Hiaasen-like fashion, Smith exuberantly spins out a busy plot loaded with over-the-top characters while taking a few well-aimed potshots at cultural expectations.... Absurd, grotesque, and plain fun reading." (Booklist)
"Smith gets the details of mid-level rock stardom just right, mixing laughs and satire like a cross between Carl Hiaasen and Ross Thomas. A-." (Entertainment Weekly)
"Graham Greene meets the Marx Brothers and the result is Salty, Mark Haskell Smith's riveting new novel of unquiet Americans on the loose in Thailand. Profane, endearing, and just absurd enough to be totally convincing, Salty is both a comic thriller and a thoughtful meditation on love, lust, and the American way." (Tom Drury, author of The Driftless Area)
Members Reviews:
Hilarious, Ridiculous, and Sexy: In Short, a Fun Read
This catches me up with Smith's body of work, from his novels to his non-fiction. In short, I'm familiar with what Smith has done and how he operates.
When it comes to his novels, SALTY is one of the best.
I might be wrong, but it has always seemed to me that Smith's primary goal is to entertain--with some nice cultural critiquing as the subtext--and he does so with gusto here.
The characters are all sorts of fun and over-the-top in their own ways, yet still human in their wants and needs. They never become too caricaturized. They're still relatable and human--even if they're former metal superstars.
All the necessary pieces are in place here, as we have a fun and action-packed plot, characters with wonderful wit, sex, subtle critiques, and all of it wraps up in a satisfying way.
If you haven't read Smith before, this is a great place to start, and with the film coming out next year, 2017, you should get on board before everyone else does.
This was a fun book. I've never read one quite like it
This was a fun book. I've never read one quite like it. The writing style is fairly engaging, even though the plot and characters are ridiculous. Amusing enough for a quick read.
Another well spun tale by Mark Haskell Smith
Another fantastic read by Mark Haskell Smith. Similar in style to Moist and Delicious, but more refined. Where Delicious and Moist are character driven Salty is somewhat less so.
Pardon me if this doesn't make complete sense.