Johnny Vegas (Character)

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Johnny Vegas is a character in several of Tim Dorsey's novels. Despite being young, handsome, and moderately wealthy, he is known (at least through the narrative) as "The Accidental Virgin". Each time Vegas encounters a willing woman, something happens to ruin the situation. The intervening occurrences are frequently highly improbable or outlandish, such as finding floating corpses while on a speedboat, witnessing an apparent suicide from a bridge, et cetera.

Vegas' character is far from sympathetic, however. He is somewhat stupid, arrogant, vain, sex-obsessed, and has very few morals. Unlike some other recurring peripheral characters (such as Detective Mahoney), Vegas is used almost entirely for comic relief rather than in advancing the plot.

v • d • e Works by Tim Dorsey Novels: Florida Roadkill (1999) • Hammerhead Ranch Motel (2000) • Orange Crush (2001) • Triggerfish Twist (2002) • The Stingray Shuffle (2003) • Cadillac Beach (2004) • Torpedo Juice (2005) • The Big Bamboo (2006) • Hurricane Punch (2007) • Atomic Lobster (2008) Characters: Serge A. Storms • Detective Mahoney • Johnny Vegas