**NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A rollicking and hilarious novel from the
bestselling author of Squeeze Me and "Florida's most entertainingly
indignant social critic" (New York Times Book Review).
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Jack Tagger's years in exile at the obituaries desk of a South Florida
daily haven't dulled his investigative reporter's nose for a good story.
When Jimmy Stoma, the infamous front man of Jimmy and the Slut Puppies,
dies in a fishy scuba accident, Jack sees his ticket back to page
one--if only he can figure out what really happened. Standing in his way
are, just for starters, his ambitious young editor, who hasn't yet fired
anyone but plans to "break her cherry" on Jack; the rock star's
pop-singer widow, who's using the occasion of her husband's death to
relaunch her own career; and the soulless, profit-hungry owner of the
newspaper, whom Jack once publicly humiliated at a stockholders'
meeting. Following clues from the late rock singer's own music, Jack
tries to unravel the lies surrounding Jimmy Stoma's strange fate.