The Big Bamboo

By: Tim Dorsey

Narrated by: George K. Wilson

Tim Dorsey is the internationally best-selling author of the gleefully over-the-top series starring spree-killer Serge Storms. In The Big Bamboo, Serge and sidekick Coleman head out west to take on Hollywood bigwigs and L.A. lowlifes in Dorsey's most outrageous novel yet. Before Tinseltown knows what's hit it, Serge has made an unforgettable foray to the Playboy Mansion and come up against Japanese Yakuza and a host of wacky characters.©2006 Tim Dorsey (P)2006 Recorded Books, LLC.

Serge-alisticly Funny

I was so happy to see Serge back especially in audio form I listened to it at work and laughed so hard at Serge and Collmans antics that people thought I was crazy. Non stop laughter and craizieness.

FUNNY!!!

OMG! This is terrific. Narrator, George Wilson is the BEST! I sometimes listen to my books at work and it's so hard to sit there and not laugh out loud! And.. with so many of Tim Dorsey's books there are lots of thought provoking moments! ;-) I listen to them as soon as they come out! This one is excellent!

More Surge!!! Never enough Surge!

Would you listen to The Big Bamboo again? Why?

Yep, to catch the laughs I missed the first time

What other book might you compare The Big Bamboo to and why?

None, really......tv show, maybe, Dexter......

Have you listened to any of George Wilson’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Love George Wilson, he is an amazing reader

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Laugh

Any additional comments?

Too good not to listen too

Psycho: The Book of the Movie

I'm a fairly recent convert to the insanely magnificent Serge Storms and his permanently wasted sidekick. This time they turn their sights on Hollywood and all hell breaks out. The Serge books are unusual in that you can pretty much take any chapter in any order and find something funny or fascinating without actually understanding the plot. That's perhaps just as well as in some cases (and this is one of them) the plot is so convoluted (and a bit ragged) that actually figuring out what's going on is a challenge. There are still some parts of the plot that I didn't quite follow it's not Shakespeare; I don't really have an excuse, but I have no idea how one of the key characters landed a part as a real Hollywood star in a large movie apparently just to facilitate the twist in the tail. In the end it doesn't really matter, this is a wonderfully acidic take on movies and, as always, more tightly packed with fun and facts than a Peter Jackson premier with an open bar.

Missed Florida background

Where does The Big Bamboo rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

As always I enjoyed another Tim Dorsey book. The stories are interesting. I'm always laughing out loud while listening. My husband and I listen on our snowbird trips to Florida and traveling around Florida so we missed the Florida backdrop a little bit.

Have you listened to any of George Wilson’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

His performances greatly enhance the books. His voices are perfect. I love knowing exactly when Serge is talking or rambling, not like it's that hard to tell after a few words though.