310 pages
English language
Published April 17, 2012 by W.F. Howes.
"Ray Midge's wife, Norma, has run away with her creep of a first husband. She also ran away with Midge's credit cards and his Ford Torino ... But Midge can track the lovebirds' escape once the credit card receipts start rolling in, and he sets off after them to get his car back. The route: from Arkansas through Texas through Mexico to a remote, bedraggled plantation in Honduras. Along the way, Midge meets Dr. Reo Symes, a down-on-his-luck old Texas M.D. with some hapless dreams and a broken-down bus called 'The dog of the South'. The further south the journey takes them, the wilder their days get."--Publisher description.
This book is quirky in a fantastic way. Perhaps the funniest book I have read. I don't want to give too much away ... at the end of the book I definitely saw a meaning to draw from the series of situations/observations the main character found himself in.
This is clearly one of those books that hits or misses for people. It seems the good ratings and reviews have a great time with it. I was not one of those readers.
Didn’t hate it. I mostly found myself annoyed with our narrator again and again. I won’t try to dissuade anyone from picking it up. But if you’re not into it in the first couple of chapters, I’d suggest just moving on at that point. I was very much getting squirrelly the last few chapters.
