Another fun romp through Florida with Hiaasen. He maintains the action, irreverence and moral code of his other novels. Good to see the governor and the policeman back again.

Set during a hurricane disaster in Florida, this book shows Americans as people who we really don't want to know. As a Canadian, this is why I don't travel in the States unless I'm forced to, because I think there are many people like this down there. All of the characters are extremely well written and seem very real, very violent, very unthinking... and they're all armed.

Carl Hiaasen is a great writer, and I'm glad I searched out one of his books, but doubt I'll acquire any more. ( )

I thought this book was all over the place. Had a hard time sticking with it. ( )

Two honeymooners, a con artist, a dishonest mobile home salesman, a law school dropout chasing a troop of monkeys, a former Florida politician living off the land, and many others make up the cast of characters in this Hiaasen book. It's always interesting to see how the characters interact in Hiaasen's books - this one isn't my favorite but it was still pretty good. ( )

Max and Bonnie Lamb are two honeymooners from New York with a
camcorder. Edie Marsh is a nice looking con artist trying to locate and
bed a young Kennedy for fun, frolic, and future litigation. Snapper,
the man with the broken jaw that healed crooked and marked him forever,
is just out for whatever he can get and if someone gets hurt in the
process, oh well. Tony Torres is the salesman of the year at the
trailer sales, telling everyone who buys from him that these trailers
will stand up to a storm. Augustine is a millionaire law school dropout
chasing after his uncle's exotic pets. Skink is the one-eyed, feral
former governor with the wild hair and the flak jacket who lives by his
wits in the woods, eating road kill and smoking venomous toad sweat.
People with not much in common, except for one thing. A south Florida
hurricane throws them all together and paths collide.

Hiaasen is one of the funniest, wittiest, most satiric authors I've come
across in a long time. His characters are unique and multi-faceted and
he writes dialogue better than just about any contemporary author. You
never know what is going to happen in a Hiaasen novel, but I've not read
one that disappointed me yet. Watching the bad guys get theirs in the
end is a true delight. This one gets a 5 ( )