Mermaids, kidnappers, and mercenaries hijack a tropical vacation in this genre-bending sendup of the American honeymoon.On the grounds of a Caribbean island resort, newlyweds Deb and Chipour opinionated, skeptical narrator and her cheerful jock husband whos friendly to a faultmeet a marine biologist who says shes sighted mermaids in a coral reef.As the resorts parent company swoops in to corner the market on mythological creatures, the couple joins forces with other adventurous souls, including an exNavy SEAL with a love of explosives and a hipster Tokyo VJ, to save said mermaids from the Venture of Marvels, which wants to turn their reef into a theme park.Mermaids in Paradise is Lydia Millets funniest book yet, tempering the sharp satire of her early career with the empathy and subtlety of her more recent novels and short stories.
