South Beach (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780802170439)

Gabriel Tucker is a globe-trotting, trust fund-endowed twenty-nine-year-old who suddenly finds himself penniless and alone in the world, except for an old Miami Beach apartment building named the Venus De Milo Arms, the last thing of value left to him by his now-vanished family. Lacking skills or resources, he heads to Miami Beach to reconstruct his life, finding himself neighbors with an unlikely mix of tenants: an elderly Holocaust survivor, a lip-synching drag queen, a cynical two-bit gossip columnist, and a rebellious young performance artist who will eventually capture his heart. Within days, Gabriel is thrust into the outrageous world of South Beach, Miami of the nineties: temptations, quick fortunes, mountains of drugs, notorious murders, nonstop sex, and beautiful women (and men) for sale (or rent) are the order of the day. He is a ringside witness to the excesses and intrigues of Italian fashion empires, Cuban refugee supermodels, rapacious German developers, old-fashioned crooked politicians, and a cast of characters that would make Caligula blush. It is in South Beach that Gabriel will eventually discover the long-buried mysteries of his family and find a soul he never imagined he had and a love he never dreamed he deserved.

Author: Brian Antoni
ISBN-10: 0802170439
ISBN-13: 9780802170439
Publisher: Grove Press, Black Cat
Language: English
Published: 01/21/2008
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.24h x 5.74w x 0.78d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/15/2007 pg. 37
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2007 pg. 1115
New York Times Book Review 03/09/2008 pg. 21
Booklist 02/15/2008 pg. 36