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Carl Hiaasen _ Razor Girl
The hostess remembered three customers arriving in a black SUV the night before. One of the men, skinny but rough-looking, became belligerent because the restaurant served only beer and wine. The hostess said the loudmouth got wasted on sake and started tossing spring rolls in the air, trying to catch them in his mouth.
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Carl Hiaasen _ Razor Girl
He was accompanied by his occasional 'security assistant,' a man called Prawney, who was tall, bald, and African-American. These characteristics were practically mandatory at the security firm that employed Prawney. Many of its celebrity clients were white, and white celebrities always wanted big, shiny, black muscle. It was a status thing.
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Carl Hiaasen _ Razor Girl
The pilot episode of Bayou Brethren was a major disappointment, the visual appeal of high-def hog shit having been overestimated by a network vice president who was summarily promoted to a more harmless position. The new network vice president in charge of the project felt the brothers needed a more esoteric vocation to distract from their unappealing personalities, a view shared by potential advertisers who had screened the off-putting pilot.
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Carl Hiaasen _ Razor Girl
Wild chickens were roaming all over the streets.'Your pal ought to feel right at home,' Merry said.'You kidding? He hates the damn things. Says they're filthy and crawling with lice.''Chickens get lice?'Coolman said, 'I work hard not to think about it.
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Carl Hiaasen _ Razor Girl
Spending time with Benny the Blister had shaken Buck Nance's confidence in the superiority of the white male. He and his brothers had clung to such views since their Romberg youth, warped by their father's fulminations. While redneck stardom had exposed Buck to many white fans who were poor advertisements for a master race, Blister stood out as one of the worst specimens he'd ever met: stupid, reckless, dirty, and delusional. And that's when he was stone sober.
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Carl Hiaasen _ Razor Girl
Buck Nance used Lane Coolman's phone to call Krystal. 'Baby, I'm coming home soon,' he said.'Who's this?''Aw, don't be like that.''Wait... now I remember," said his wife. 'You're the scumbag husband who keeps a whore on the side.''She's just another stalker. I swear to Christ.''Is Miracle her real name or is that what her pimp tagged her with?''She's a total psycho, Krystal. You can't believe a word she-'The line went dead.
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Carl Hiaasen _ Razor Girl
Buck Nance appeared ashen and deflated, for good reason. Blister was his creation--the ultimate white-trash nightmare.
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Carl Hiaasen _ Razor Girl
Buck wondered how Blister Krill had survived to middle age in a place as ethnically diverse and gun-crazy as Florida. He was confronted with the possibility that Blister had been a different person before becoming obsessed with Bayou Brethren. It was one thing to market a television program to attract low-class shit-kickers; it was another thing to create them."
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Carl Hiaasen _ Razor Girl
Buck stared at this degenerate ambassador for his own popularity, wondering how many other Brethren fans were homicidal, nutjob stalkers.
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Carl Hiaasen _ Razor Girl
So that's your man? The 'talent' you manage?''He had a bad night.' Coolman said tightly.Merry cackled. 'A bad night? The dude's a total homophobe! Also a bigot!''There's a culture gap, that's all.''No, it's a decency gap, Bob! Your client's a flaming a-hole! What's the matter with you? I'm so disappointed.'Coolman had received other morality lectures, though never from a professional criminal.
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Carl Hiaasen _ Razor Girl
Buck got walloped by flying fists and Budweiser bottles, and at one point a man costumed as Lady Gaga attempted to rip the beard from his chin. The man was surprisingly strong, and wore just enough jasmine perfume to be distracting.
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Carl Hiaasen _ Razor Girl
Soon enough it was explained to Buck Nance that Key West was a bad location to be making fun of homosexuals, and also African-Americans. This bulletin was delivered by a 275-pound biker who happened to be both gay and black, and owned a right hand that fit easily around Buck's stringy, hirsute neck.
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