Andrew Yancy--late of the Miami Police and soon-to-be-late of
the Monroe County sheriff's office--has a human arm in his freezer.
There's a logical (Hiaasenian) explanation for that, but not for
how and why it parted from its shadowy owner. Yancy thinks the
boating-accident/shark-luncheon explanation is full of holes, and
if he can prove murder, the sheriff might rescue him from his
grisly Health Inspector gig (it's not called the roach patrol for
nothing). But first--this being Hiaasen country--Yancy must
negotiate an obstacle course of wildly unpredictable events with a
crew of even more wildly unpredictable characters, including his
just-ex lover, a hot-blooded fugitive from Kansas; the twitchy
widow of the frozen arm; two avariciously optimistic real-estate
speculators; the Bahamian voodoo witch known as the Dragon Queen,
whose suitors are blinded unto death by her peculiar charms;
Yancy's new true love, a kinky coroner; and the eponymous bad
monkey, who with hilarious aplomb earns his place among Carl
Hiaasen's greatest characters.
Here is Hiaasen doing what he does better than anyone else:
spinning a tale at once fiercely pointed and wickedly funny in
which the greedy, the corrupt, and the degraders of what's left of
pristine Florida--now, of the Bahamas as well--get their
comeuppance in mordantly ingenious, diabolically entertaining
fashion.
General
Imprint: |
Knopf Publishing Group
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
June 2013 |
First published: |
June 2013 |
Authors: |
Carl Hiaasen
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Dimensions: |
239 x 166 x 31mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Sewn / Paper over boards / With dust jacket
|
Pages: |
317 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-307-27259-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Crime & mystery >
General
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LSN: |
0-307-27259-1 |
Barcode: |
9780307272591 |
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