From Florida’s king of mayhem-‘compulsively irreverent and shockingly funny’ (Boston Globe) New York Times bestselling author Tim Dorsey-comes a diabolically madcap adventure featuring the indomitable Serge A. Storms.

No one worships sunlight State just as much as Serge A. Storms. Perpetually hunting Floridian arcana and lore, he and his permanently cooked sidekick, Coleman, are on the road again. This time they’re on the frenzied literary pilgrimage that leads them back to Riviera Beach, the beautiful about The Pope of Palm Beach: A Novel seaside town where the kids spent their formative years.

Developing up, Serge was enthralled with the Legend of Riviera Beach, aka Darby, a welder on the slot who surfed the local waves a long time before the hot spots were hot. A god on the drinking water, the big-hearted surfer was a friend to everyone-the youthful surfers, cops, politicians, wealthy businessmen and regular Joes-a generosity of spirit that gained him the admiration of most. Meanwhile, there was a very much murkier story that produced the rounds from the schoolyards from Serge’s youth-that of the crazy hermit surviving in a makeshift jungle substance farther in the mysterious Loxahatchee River than anyone dared to project.

After that Serge moved apart. But never forgot.

Now he’s back, with those legends looming bigger than ever in the rearview mirror of his memory. As his literary odyssey techniques north from Essential West, closer and nearer to his previous stomping grounds, Serge digs into the history as only Serge can. On the way, he unintentionally disturbs some long-forgotten surface, attracting the interest of a solid of villains that only Florida can make.

As the body count grows, so does the list of questions:

Why are the men in the hard hats concerned about the monkeys? When perform you hack a motel air-conditioner? How does Coleman obtain high with cat toys? Who’s planning on the dildo? And will book tours ever become the same after Serge decides to check one out?

Informed in alternating flashbacks between Serge and Coleman’s childhoods and present, The Pope of Hand Seaside is a witty and deliciously violent joy from the twisted creativity of Tim Dorsey.