Dashiel Waitflaker: A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Opera

by AmandaLyn Donogal

Settled in Mexico, their lottery winnings spent, Bambi and Dash are slinging beer at the Pink Pagoda Burrito Bar and Beer Haus to the usual crowd of banditos and drug dealers. When Bambi's biological clock gets the best of her, she puts the moves on a new gringo and takes him upstairs for some chaka chaka. After many shots of tequila, she wakes up to find her almost-lover, an undercover drug cop, dead in the bed, and a gun-toting dealer is there to make sure Bambi dies as well. Dash saves the day, the dealer is shot and the two take off on another adventure, starting with a short ride in a Thing, detouring through a convent, lying about Dash's upcoming opera performance, rubbing elbows in a downtown Puerto Vallarta gay disco, and crashing a funeral, all while Bambi is convinced she is now with child. When they find a bag full of money under the dock, they are sure they have hit pay dirt, but need a way to escape the city, the opes, the nuns and the drug dealers who are all looking for revenge. A rusted trawler awaits them, so with Adolf, Jeb, and Bambi's newest pet Pepe the pink lizard, they sneak on board and take off to see, bound for the sweet life in Hawaii.

242 pages, Paperback

First published April 26, 2011

About the author

In total contrast to her alter-ego, AmandaLyn faces life with at best an irreverent gusto. Canadian born, she would much rather be living in warmer climates where handsome men wear fewer clothes. She admits to motherhood, however it is highly unlikely her children would admit to their relationship to her.

Reviews

[Amber · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the 1st book I've read by this author and I got this book as a first read. Not much to say other than I laughed my ass off. If you are looking for a good laugh read this book.

[Pl · Rating 5 out of 5]

In the sequel to "Dashiel Waitflaker: Deer Hunter", Bambi the large, in charge, and in her mind--the irresistible woman every man wants, and Dash the thin man who's best feature is coyly named Goliath--every woman's dream, are unhappily wed. They own the Pink Pagoda Burrito Bar and Beer Haus in Mexico, all that's left of their lottery largesse.

When Bambi gets an undercover cop drunk and leads him upstairs for the 'Bam' in Bambi things will never be the same. Bambi passes out atop the cop, a drug-dealer finds them, Dash rescues Bambi, and they're off dodging both sides of the law.

Adolf the pink poodle still has the larger part of the brain power, the pink bird Jeb has a habit of repeating everything at a 90 decibels, and the newcomer, Pepee the pink lizard often doubles as an outré accessory to what Bambi wears.

Wild times ensue as Bambi, Dash and the zoo get in and out of a convent, a gay disco, and a funeral. Their future is golden when they find bags of drug money, but only if they can get the hell out of town by stealing away in a rust-bucket boat.

Amandalyn Donogal picks up stride in this hilarious sequel. I'm hoping for a third adventure with Dash and Bambi!

[David Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not much to say other than I laughed my ass off-any book that can make an elderly curmudgeon-alright I have trouble spelling it is what editors are for-wait-I am an editor-damn I am in trouble now-at anyrate if you want belly gut pain from laughing I highly recommendicate this book.

David Smith