num_pages: 170
description:      Have you always harbored a sneaking suspicion that beautiful, laid back Key West just might have a seamier side? Let the down-and-outs, the old folks, the young hustlers, the Cuban refugees and the rest of the characters take you ' beyond paradise ' and find out what a struggle living in a tropical dreamland can be.      Take, for instance, Molly and her friends, who will do anything for a cheap string of plastic beads; or King, who finds that one seemingly harmless breakfast toot can change the course of a man's life.    For the memorable characters of BEYOND PARADISE , money is always short but indulgences are plenty, whether they be sunshine, liquor, cheap sex or a pleasure as simple as casting a line into the brilliant blue sea and hooking the big one.     It's a fabulous collection of cutting-edge short fiction from Key West gifted writers. Many of the same writers, J.T. Eggers, Rosalind Brackenbury, Allen Meece, Robin Orlandi, Theresa Foley and Kirby Congdon, published in The Key West Authors' Coop's first collection, ONCE UPON AN ISLAND , return to delight their fans with more stories of life on the northernmost island in the Caribbean Sea.     Whether you are looking for an afternoon's escape in a hammock or want a literary souvenir taste of Key West, this off-beat fiction satisfy.
language: English
title: Beyond Paradise : More New Fiction From the Florida Keys
titlecomplete: Beyond Paradise : More New Fiction From the Florida Keys
ratings_count: 5
publisher: Key West Author's Coop