Fringe Florida: Travels among Mud Boggers, Furries, Ufologists, Nudists, and Other Lovers of Unconventional Lifestylesby Lynn Waddell, University Press of Florida, 256 pp., $24.95

One need not be a denizen of the Sunshine State to bask in the off-kilter glow of this completely charming and wonky delight. It’s a circus sideshow in a binding, a barrel of fun that disparages the notion that Florida is nothing but theme parks and retired seniors: There is some seriously odd stuff going on amid the orange groves.