Florida Pulp Nonfiction
True crime in the Sunshine State
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“I just thought, ‘What did I just do? What just happened?’ I looked at Angela. There was no blood on her face. It was all near the back of the head. There was a ton of stuff running off the mattress. It was brown. It was like a leak, this brown stuff coming like water from the back of her head.
“God was protecting me in some way. If I would have been exposed to—if something happened to her face and I saw it, I could have been in the [mental] hospital for months.”
The blast of pellets struck Angela just above the hairline. In addition to the pool forming behind Angela’s head, blood and brain matter sprayed the wall and ceiling. A piece of skull landed on a nearby heating unit. Scalp and hair were blown to the floor. Though she now remembers differently,
Angela was rushed to nearby St. Francis Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 12:15 a.m. Georgia was taken to the Chicago Police Department, where she told police she “playfully” pointed the gun at Angela and pulled the trigger, not believing it would fire. She told detectives that, even after reading the instructions and hearing the salesman’s lecture, she believed that a red safety meant the gun was “stopped just like a traffic light.” As for pumping it, she said that on the nighttime soap opera Dynasty, one of her favorite shows, they always said “pull” when firing their hunting rifles, so she thought having the pump cocked forward meant it wouldn’t fire.
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About the Book
Florida Pulp Nonfiction is the book the tourist boards don't want you to see. Unearthed by no-holds journalist Bob Norman and subsidized by the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, the book is crawling with crazed soccer moms, inveterate killers, terrorists, international gunrunners, cocaine slingers, out-of-control federal agents, cheating lawyers ... you know, the stuff that Florida is made of.
But don't take our word for it. Listen to what bestselling author Joe McGinniss (author of Fatal Vision and The Selling of the President) has to say about Florida Pulp:
"If you can wrap your mind around the idea of an x-ray that makes you laugh hysterically, please do. For that is what Bob Norman is sharing with us -- a precise, illuminating and often wildly funny look inside 21st Century Florida, a hunk of star-spangled real estate that's not for the faint-hearted, but that's a virtual Garden of Eden for the bizarre."
And here's what Aphrodite Jones, the bestselling author of Cruel Sacrifice, wrote after reading
"This book will leave you spellbound. From Billionaire's Row in
“Truth is not only stranger than fiction, but in Bob Norman's talented hands, it is also far more entertaining. A first-rate reporter shows himself to be a master storyteller.”
A.J. Langguth, Professor Emeritus, USC, and author of Hidden Terrors
“Lock the door and load your Glock — Florida Pulp Nonfiction is a compendium of mayhem unlike anything you've read, and once you start, you won't stop. Tireless, unafraid, and incorruptible, Bob Norman is one of the last and finest practitioners of old-fashioned, bare-knuckle reporting. And that makes him a national treasure.”
Sean Rowe, author of Fever
So order a copy now. And then lock the door and forget about sleeping for a while. You're in for the ride of your life.
About the Author
Bob Norman writes about crime and politics for New Times Broward-Palm Beach, where he’s received more than 40 journalism honors during the past seven years. Among them are the Livingston Award for Young Journalists and top awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, the National Association of Black Journalists, the National Association of Secondary School Principals, the Florida Press Club, The Florida Press Association, and the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies.
He’s also been named a finalist by the Investigative Reporters & Editors, UCLA’s Gerald Loeb Awards, Medill’s John Bartlow Martin Awards, and the William Randolph Hearst Foundation. Gold Coast Magazine named him best investigative reporter in