by Tim Dorsey
About the Author
Tim Dorsey was a reporter and editor for the Tampa Tribune from 1987 to 1999, and is the author of seven previous novels: Florida Roadkill, Hammerhead Ranch Motel, Orange Crush, Triggerfish Twist, The Stingray Shuffle, Cadillac Beach, and Torpedo Juice. He lives in Tampa, Florida.
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ALSO BY TIM DORSEY
Torpedo Juice
Florida Roadkill
Hammerhead Ranch Motel
Orange Crush
Triggerfish Twist
The Stingray Shuffle
Cadillac Beach
Credits
Jacket design by Richard L. Aquan
Jacket illustration by Bill Mayer
Copyright
This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the authors imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
THE BIG BAMBOO. Copyright Š 2006 by Tim Dorsey. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of PerfectBound.
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Microsoft Reader March 2006 ISBN 0-06-115048-7
Library of Congress
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Dorsey, Tim.
The big bamboo/Tim Dorsey.1st ed.
p. cm.
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-058562-4 (acid-free paper)
ISBN-10: 0-06-058562-5
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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