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Tubby Meets Katrina: A Tubby Dubonnet Novel | 
 enlarge | Author: Anthony P. Dunbar
Publisher: NewSouth Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 948179
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.8 x 1
ISBN: 1588382036
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781588382030
ASIN: 1588382036
Publication Date: July 30, 2006
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Product Description
New Orleans attorney Tony Dunbars lawyer-turned-sleuth Tubby Dubonnet is back, and this time, the city of New Orleans itself is endangered. Just when Tubby thought it was safe to come back to New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina boils up a rich gumbo of trouble for the unsuspecting lawyer in Tubby Meets Katrina. Tubby rides out the storm okaybut then the levees break, the city floods, and he and thousands of other refugees end up in the hellish Convention Center. In the chaos, Tubbys daughter finds herself targeted by an escaped psychopath, one who envisions himself the human embodiment of the hurricane. With no law enforcement to rely upon, Tubby must use his wits and his connections to protect himself and his family while trying to restore his home and help bring his beloved city back to life. This fast-paced story includes incisive vignettes of the dangerous days just after Katrina hit and of the frustrating weeks that followed. Author Dunbar himself had to flee New Oleans to escape the storm, bringing a unique personal touch to his depictions. Combining real events with startling suspense, Tubby Meets Katrina is an important novel for anyone gripped by the Gulf Coast tragedy.
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 An interesting and realistic suspense story set in Post-Katrina New Orleans June 5, 2006
talonedge (Metairie, LA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I picked up this book out of shear coincidence because I recognized the author's name as someone that I work with. I was a bit hesitant about reading the book at first because I lived through and lost as a result of Katrina and was concerned about reliving old memories. I can truly say that I am glad that I read this.
Tubby Dubonnet, the protagonist lawyer of Dunbar's series, has just arrived back in New Orleans right before Katrina hits the city. In the face of impending doom, Tubby decides to ride out the storm only to learn that shortly after the storm passes, the city begins to flood. At the same time, a psychopathic killer has escaped from a state prison and is on the loose in New Orleans. Eventually the paths of Tubby and the killer, who now calls himself 'Katrina' cross and the killer becomes infatuated with Tubby's daughter.The remainder of the story then deals with Tubby's drive to protect the ones that he loves from this madman.
What I found most gripping about the book was the description of the utter devestation and life in the city after the storm. From Tubby's visit to the New Orleans Convention Center where the masses awaited salvation, to his living in a warehouse on the outskirts of the city, to his trips through the streets of the city in a boat, all brought to life a very realistic vision of what life was like. Anyone who wants just a sampling of what happened should read this book.
I also found the character of Tubby to be interesting and well developed. I could easily picture this naive but intelligent and slightly oblivious man as he dealt with his problems. To make a comparison, I found him similar to Ignatius Reilly from A Confederacy of Dunces.
The book was both enjoyable and theraputic and is a definite must read. I rarely give a book five stars but the vividness and accuracy earned it.
The wait is over! November 3, 2006
James L. Robbins (Jamaica Plain, Ma. United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
It's been awhile since the last Tubby novel.This time Tubby gets involved with a lady boxer,a murderer stalking his daughter, and Hurricane Katrina.
Great story lines. Tony Dunbar just cracks me up in these novels.
The quintessential Katrina book July 25, 2006
E. H. Crosby
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
For all those who really want to know what it was truly like to be in New Orleans after Katrina, this is the quintessential novel that through fictional characters captures the emotion, struggle and agony of the situation like no other book yet published on the subject and this is coming from some one who was there and witnessed first hand. Not to be missed. Tony Dunbar is a diamond in the rough amoung writers. His style and story telling skills are among the best. Pass on Brinkley and pick up Dunbar. You won't be disappointed.
A modern mystery colored with twists, turns, and real-life travails. August 4, 2007
Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
Written by attorney and Edgar Allan Poe Award-nominated author Tony Dunbar, Tubby Meets Katrina: A Tubby Dubonnet Mystery is an exciting mystery novel set in New Orleans during the and after the devastating Hurricane Katrina. Lawyer-sleuth Tubby Dubonnet and his family ride out the hurricane itself, but when the levees break and the city floods, they wind up with other refugees in the horrific Convention Center. Tubby's daughter becomes the target of a psychopath who imagines himself to be the human embodiment of the hurricane itself, and Tubby must draw upon his wits and his connections to protect himself and his family, while striving to restore his home and help his beloved city to recover. An up close and personal view of the dangerous times after Katrina hit, and the endemic frustrations permeating the weeks that followed, Tubby Meets Katrina is a modern mystery colored with twists, turns, and real-life travails.
 martha from new orleans April 24, 2008
NODarlin
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
i have been reading tony dunbar books for as long as he has been writing them. this book should never have been put to paper....much less put in print.
dunbar tried to cash in on one of this countrys most devestating disasters (hence the title) and from someone that was HERE it's very obvious that tony dunbar was NOT.
SHAME ON YOU TONY DUNBAR!
i'll not buy another of your books and will spread the word as far and wide as it can reach. you can upgrade your name(anthony?)but it wont matter....
this book sucks.
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