5/10/2023 0 Comments Carl hiaasen hurricane![]() ![]() Reading a Carl Hiaasen novel is a lot like watching a master pool player put nine balls into a rack, then casually chalk his cue. But first Yancy will negotiate an ever-surprising course of events–from the Keys to Miami to a Bahamian out island–with a crew of equally ever-surprising characters, including: the twitchy widow of the frozen arm an avariciously idiotic real estate developer a voodoo witch whose lovers are blinded-unto-death by her particularly peculiar charms Yancy’s new love, a kinky medical examiner and the eponymous Bad Monkey, who earns his place among Hiaasen’s greatest characters with hilariously wicked aplomb. ![]() Yancy thinks the boating-accident/shark-luncheon explanation is full of holes, and if he can prove murder, his commander might relieve him of Health Inspector duties, aka Roach Patrol. There’s a logical (Hiaasenian) explanation for that, but not for how and why it parted from its owner. Carl Hiaasen is back doing what he does best: spinning a wickedly funny, fiercely pointed tale in which the greedy, the corrupt, and the degraders of pristine land in Florida–now, in the Bahamas too–get their comeuppance in mordantly ingenious, diabolically entertaining fashion.Īndrew Yancy–late of the Miami Police, soon-to-be-late of the Key West Police–has a human arm in his freezer. ![]()
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