In 1980s Florida, an aspiring filmmaker, obsessed with a B-movie scream queen, flees his family's Palm Beach mansion, teams up with an aging con man and his ambitious girlfriend and heads to a film set in the Everglades, only to find himself mired in a swamp of competing cons and hustles.

"An irrepressible Florida frolic" Kirkus - starred review

"Masterfully crafted and wickedly funny, Paul Wilborn's delightfully dark, comic adventure glitters with witty dialogue and crisp, clever prose. Wilborn's tale of offbeat outsiders in search, in flight, and in love is an acerbic, delicious treat featuring the magnificent swampland of Florida in all its quirky glory." - Natalie Symons, author of Lies In Bone

"Steeped in 1980s film and horror culture and basking in Palm Beach's neon glow, Paul Wilborn's rollicking ride of a novel - Florida Hustle - is fully immersive, wildly entertaining and as authentic as it gets." - Steph Post, author of Miraculum, Lightwood, Walk in the Fire, Holding Smoke and A Tree Born Crooked

Formato	Tapa suave
Número de Páginas	310
Lenguaje	Inglés
Editorial	St Petersburg Press
Fecha de Publicación	2022-02-21
Dimensiones	9.0" x 6.0" x 0.7" pulgadas
Letra Grande	No
Con Ilustraciones	No

Wilborn, Paul

A native of Tampa, Paul Wilborn collected multiple awards from the American Society of Newspaper Editors and the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors during a journalism career that included stints at the Tampa Tribune, The St. Petersburg Times and the Associated Press in Los Angeles. He won the Green Eyeshade Award from the Atlanta Chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, the South's top writing prize. Based on a selection of his writing, Wilborn was chosen for the Paul Hansel Award, Florida's top journalism prize. He was a Knight-Wallace Fellow at the University of Michigan.His plays have been produced at Stageworks, Off-Center Theater, Radio Theater Project and University of Michigan.A pianist and singer, he has led several bands including Paul Wilborn and the Pop Tarts and Blue Roses. He produced the long-running American Songbook Series at American Stage.In the 1980s, Wilborn was a founding member of Ybor City's Artists and Writers Group, which created multiple themed art and music events in the Tampa's historic district.Cigar City: Tales From a 1980s Creative Ghetto is Wilborn's debut short story collection. The book won the Gold Medal for Fiction in the 2019 Florida Book Awards. He recently completed Trickle Down, a novel set in South Florida.Wilborn is executive director of the Palladium Theater at St. Petersburg College and lives in Saint Petersburg with his wife, the film actor Eugenie Bondurant.