Gary Duba’s having a bad day. There’s a snake in his toilet, a rabid raccoon in the yard, and his girl Krystal’s in jail for getting naked at a Waffle House and licking the manager. With his best friend, Floyd, Gary sets out to sell his prized Barry Bonds rookie card to raise the five hundred needed for bail. But things get out of hand. Bad sex. Cocaine. Transvestite hookers. Alligators. Iguanas. Serial killers. Florida Man started life as a comic book, but when Mike Baron finished the final script, he realized he had an outline for a novel. He wrote the novel and sold it within a week. Here's what the critics had to say. "Gary Duba might be having a bad day but I didn't...this book was geat! This the first novel I've read by Mike Baron and I was thoroughly entertained. This book is a crazy ride that follows the living embodiment of every Florida-man story I've ever heard and then some. It's full of laughs but has heart. What I enjoyed most were the completely unexpected decisions made by the main character. Mike's writing style has an easy flow with a bit of gritty realism that reminds me of Elmore Leonard. I could easily see this book being picked up as a TV series for FX or Netflix. A fun and funny read." "Hilarious! Gary Duba is Florida Man or “that guy”. Laugh out loud funny, he can't catch a break. Set in Florida, but if you live anywhere in the South, you know and can relate to this story. If you like Carl Hiaasen and Tim Dorsey, you'll definitely want to check this one out." "By chapter four I was hooked. The crazy adventures of the ultimate Florida redneck and his friends are highly entertaining and one comes to love this unwise, but far from stupid character with a kind heart and a good work ethic. If it were not for the absence of any semblance of editing, I would have considered adding a fifth star as this turned out to be a very enjoyable read." ""Florida Man" brings to vivid life all of those wild-but-true stories we hear about the eccentric, hilarious, and sometimes dangerous citizens of Florida. While Mike Baron has a linear story at the core of his novel, the real fun and strength of the book come from the numerous diversions into the seedy goings on of the protagonist. "Florida Man" isn't so much literature as it is a theme park with a lot of different attractions. Get ready for a wild ride!" "Florida Man is not so much a rollercoaster ride, but an Olympic-style sled ride—the Luge has no brakes either. Like most of us going about our daily lives making plans to improve our futures, Gary Duba, Florida Man, makes his plans that conveniently, and repeatedly, step out of his way so he might carom from obstacle to obstacle on his downhill trajectory that ultimately lands him and his girl, Krystal, atop the mountain. Most of us have known someone in our lives who can't seem to do anything right. We may even be that someone. Then there are those who, despite the contrivances of fate, and against all logic, make a somewhat incomprehensible progress. The Florida Man drives forward without much capacity for introspection or soul searching, but he has the uncanny ability to react—turn into the skid, as it were—and make the best of what life throws at him. Before you open this book, make sure you've packed a lunch."