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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Took about 100 pages before book caught my interest. (  )rae2008 | May 22, 2009 |   This book takes you on a hilarious romp through Florida as only Hiaasen can. It will keep you laughing the whole time. The main character is Honey Santana and she tries to do what some of us only dream about. Get rid of nasty telemarketers who call during dinner. I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes a light hearted summer read. ( )apsing01 | Apr 30, 2009 | Nature Girl was my introduction to Carl Hiaasen. Why I’d not picked up his works before this is a mystery to me. He is funny and his characters are very believable, even if their misadventures are not. The book implies that Honey Santana, the title character in this work, is a reoccurring character. I’m going to scour the book shelves in of my local discount book stores for more. Even if Honey is not there, I think the author will be worth read for more stories. If you are looking for really deep stuff, this is not it, but Hiaasen does raise some interesting philosophical points in this work about privacy, being what we are and what makes a good parent. Nonetheless, this is mostly a lighthearted farce with some gratuitous sex scenes thrown in. Hiaasen even manages to have some fun with one of the characters wishes of what they want on videotape. Great travel reading and wonderful escapist reading. Best of all, the author does not pretend it is anything more than it really is. Even if you are not into outdoor adventure, outdoor sex or ever wanted to see Florida wild life, give this book a try. It is worth the read. ( )PghDragonMan | Apr 15, 2009 | The first Carl Hiaasen I've read that is written for adults, but definitely not my last. Populated with a cast of quirky (and in some cases deranged) characters and plotted to ensure these characters get themselves into the maximum amount of trouble, this story keeps the reader entertained from beginning to end. It won't be long before I'm digging another Carl Hiaasen out of my TBR pile. (  )readingrat | Feb 21, 2009 | Ever read a Hiaasen you would rate under a 4? Me neither, until now... Still a good book but he has so much to live up to! (  )bbmaj | Jan 28, 2009 | 0.084 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0739332309, Audio CD)Honey Santana–impassioned, willful, possibly bipolar, self-proclaimed “queen of lost causes”–has a scheme to help rid the world of irresponsibility, indifference, and dinnertime sales calls. She’s taking rude, gullible Relentless, Inc., telemarketer Boyd Shreave and his less-than-enthusiastic mistress, Eugenie, into the wilderness of Florida’s Ten Thousand Islands for a gentle lesson in civility.What she doesn’t know is that she’s being followed by her Honey-obsessed former employer, Piejack. And he doesn’t know he’s being followed by Honey’s still-smitten former-drug-running ex-husband, Perry, and their wise-and-protective-way-beyond-his-years twelve-year-old son, Fry. And when they all pull up on Dismal Key, they don’t know they’re intruding on Sammy Tigertail, a half white-half Seminole failed alligator wrestler, trying like hell to be a hermit despite the Florida State coed who’s dying to be his hostage…. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:12 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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