Meet twenty-two-year-old Cherry Pye
(née Cheryl Bunterman), a pop star since she was fourteen—and about to
attempt a comeback from her latest drug-and-alcohol disaster.
Now meet Cherry again: in the person of her “undercover stunt
double,” Ann DeLusia. Ann portrays Cherry whenever the singer is too
“indisposed”—meaning wasted—to go out in public. And it is
Ann-mistaken-for-Cherry who is kidnapped from a South Beach hotel by
obsessed paparazzo Bang Abbott.
Now the challenge for Cherry’s handlers (über–stage mother; horndog
record producer; nipped, tucked, and Botoxed twin publicists; weed
whacker–wielding bodyguard) is to rescue Ann while keeping her
existence a secret from Cherry’s public—and from Cherry herself.
The situation is more complicated than they know. Ann has had a
bewitching encounter with Skink—the unhinged former governor of Florida
living wild in a mangrove swamp—and now he’s heading for Miami to find
her . . .
Will Bang Abbott achieve his fantasy of a lucrative private photo
session with Cherry Pye? Will Cherry sober up in time to lip-synch her
way through her concert tour? Will Skink track down Ann DeLusia before
Cherry’s motley posse does?
All will be revealed in this hilarious spin on life in the celebrity fast lane.
About the Author
Carl Hiaasen was born and raised in Florida. He is the author of eleven previous novels, including the best-selling Nature Girl, Skinny Dip, Sick Puppy, and Lucky You, and three best-selling children’s books, Hoot, Flush, and Scat. His most recent work of nonfiction is The Downhill Lie: A Hacker’s Return to a Ruinous Sport. He also writes a weekly column for The Miami Herald.