Publication details
- Author
- Michael Largo
- Publisher
- Tropical Press
- Published
- 2001
- Genre
- Fiction
About the book
Before the encyclopedias of death made his name, Michael Largo was writing satirical novels, and Welcome to Miami is the one aimed squarely at the city outside his window. Published by Tropical Press in 2001, it explores the vibrant, chaotic, and often surreal world of Miami with sharp wit and keen observation.
Miami has always been a magnet for people looking for freedom, fortune, or a fresh identity, and satire is the only honest way to write about a place where the improbable is the local weather. Largo captures the essence of America's most colorful city by simply paying attention to it, which in Miami is provocation enough.
Readers who know Largo from Final Exits will recognize the same eye at work: the collector of human extremity, here cataloguing the living instead of the dead. The species is the same. The climate is just warmer.
Inside the book
The vibrant, chaotic, and often surreal world of Miami
Sharp wit and keen observation aimed at America's most colorful city
The satirical eye Largo later turned on death itself, here trained on the living
Published by Tropical Press in 2001
Questions readers ask
What is Welcome to Miami about?
It is a satirical novel exploring the vibrant, chaotic, and often surreal world of Miami. Largo captures the essence of America's most colorful city with sharp wit and keen observation.
Is Welcome to Miami connected to Largo's nonfiction?
Only by sensibility. The novel shows the same collector's eye for human extremity that later powered Final Exits and The Portable Obituary, applied to the living residents of Miami.
When was Welcome to Miami published?
It was published by Tropical Press in 2001.
Where can I buy Welcome to Miami?
The novel is currently out of wide circulation. Contact the author through this site for availability.
About the author
Michael Largo
Michael Largo is a bestselling author of encyclopedic works exploring death, nature, and the macabre. His Bram Stoker Award-winning Final Exits established him as America's foremost chronicler of mortality.