When hes ready, he lines up his shot and then expertly smacks that little white cue ball into the other nine. O, the oprah magazine a rollicking misadventure in the colorful annals of greed and corruption in south florida. Is it the remains of a shark attack victim or is there some other explanation. This novel by carl hiaasen, author of tourist season and native tongue, begins as most thrillers do, with a killing. You know its going to be a rough summer when you spend fathers day. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. Sick puppy and another book the name of which i dont even remember, both of which made me stop reading him for a while. He is the author of thirteen previous novels, including the best sellers razor girl, bad monkey, star island, nature girl, skinny dip, sick puppy, and lucky you, and five bestselling childrens books, hoot, flush, scat, chomp, and skink. While the pulp of yesteryear seems forever chiseled in an almost quaint black and white world, hiaasen s books vibrate with vivid color. Novelist and miami herald columnist carl hiaasen writes with passion and purpose about the state he loves. Carl hiaasens latest comedic marvelhe hasnt written a novel this funny since skinny dipwith which his new one, bad monkey, shares some common ground. Andrew yancylate of the miami police and soontobelate of the monroe county sheriffs officehas a human arm in his freezer.
A washedup monkey, sex in a morgue, a severed arm at the end of a fishhook and other carl hiaasen capers make bad monkey his funniest novel in almost a decade. The satire flows in every paragraph, the word choices and 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. June, 20 novelist and miami herald columnist carl hiaasen writes with passion and purpose about the state he loves. Bad monkey has a slightly more leisurely island pace, although what with grave robbers, autoerotic. Carl hiaasens bad monkey, and more the new york times. Our hero, nick stranahan, a 42yearold private investigator who has killed five men and been married five times, skewers his attackers aorta with the razorsharp bill of a stuffed marlin. He also writes a weekly column forthe miami herald. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. The andrew yancy book series by carl hiaasen includes books bad monkey and razor girl. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws.
In future, i am going to order books that carl hiaasen has. But this is no everyday, humdrum, garden variety killing. Theres a logical hiaasenian explanation for that, but not for how and why it parted from its shadowy owner. Hiaasen star island combines familiar themes with an inspired cast in this exercise in florida zaniness. Bestselling novelist carl hiaasen is back with another hysterical mystery adventure for young readers, set in the florida keys. Bad monkey 20 and other, read online free in epub,txt at. An america that carl hiaasen has spent a career sending up. He is the author of thirteen previous novels, including the best sellers razor girl,bad monkey, star island, nature girl, skinny dip, sick puppy,andlucky you,and five bestselling childrens books,hoot, flush, scat, chomp,andskink. Here is hiaasen doing what he does better than anyone else. See the complete andrew yancy series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. The screaming monkey in a pirate hat on the cover of carl hiaasen s new madcap whodunit makes bad monkey look like a box of black cat. Bad monkey book frisco public library bibliocommons. With the usual cast of bizarre charachters such as the kinky coroner and the voodoo queen and assortment of corrupt politicians it was destined to be a success. The author of bad monkey is carl hiaasen and this is the first of his books that ive read.
Andrew yancy has the severed arm of someone in his freezer. This is the america of bad monkey and you may want to rethink your next holiday to the florida keys as the only thing you are likely to catch when out fishing is a human arm. Carl hiaasens bad monkey features a cast of oddballs. Crazy critters, human and animal, unexpected turns of events, each one. Carl hiaasen finally returning to form in this book, after some sloppy writing in, a. This book is written tongueincheek, great humour as well as being a good detective story.
With 140,000 copies in print and a fifteen city book tour in place hiaasen s latest novel bad monkey was released in june 11 20. People bad monkey boils over with corruption and comeuppance. Bad monkey with bad monkey, carl hiaasen is back doing what he does best. Hiaasen has a peculiar genius for inventing grotesque creatures. Hiaasen hasnt written a novel this funny since skinny dip. Bad monkey carl hiaasen, 20 knopf doubleday 336 pp. Set in the gummy, sucking heat of south florida and the bahamas, the novels snappy plot and hysterical oneliners make it a perfect book to. He is the author of twelve previous novels, including the bestsellinglucky you, nature girl, sick puppy, skinny dip, and star island,and four bestselling childrens books, chomp, flush, hoot, andscat. Behind the wheel of the other car is merry mansfieldthe eponymous razor girland the crash scam is only the beginning of events. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Bad monkey tells the story of andrew yancy, a recently suspended detective, who has been demoted to restaurant inspector. Strip tease was adapted as the 1996 movie striptease with demi moore and burt reynolds. Now i got a couple more of his books in the to read list.
His latest book, bad monkey, is an offbeat murder mystery set in key west. His most recent work of nonfiction is the downhill lie. Janet maslin, the new york times a deliciously zany romp. I was constantly entertained by this author and couldnt put the book down. It was my first carl hiaasen and i really enjoyed it. Carl hiaasen started writing with coauthor bill montalbano, but when montalbano took a job as a foreign correspondent, he went solo with novels such as tourist season, native tongue and strip tease. With bad monkey, carl hiaasen is back doing what he does best. Hiaasen s last novel for adults, star island, was set in miami and was appropriately frenetic. Andrew yancy, who became an excop after publicly assaulting his girlfriends husband with a vacuum cleaner attachment, is now on roach patrol as a restaurant inspector, but he soon gets a chance at redemption.
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