I love Dave Barry's humor columns, and I really enjoyed his first novel, "Big Trouble." But this one was too crude for me. Maybe Dave has written for the newspaper censors so long that he had a lot of dark ideas waiting to get out.It has been some time since I read this, but I remember feeling that the cursing and sexual content were a lot stronger than they had to be to move the story along.The writing is compelling; the story is interesting and grisly way that one of the characters dies still makes me shudder to remember. But that sort of thing isn't my cup of tea.For me, "Big Trouble" was a lot funnier and also had a great plot. Dave's best asset is his amazing sense of humor, and his characters are more believable because of the goofy thoughts that go through their heads, even in serious situations.I hope Dave keeps writing novels, but I wish he'd lighten up on the adult-only content.