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 tells the story of andrew yancy, a recently suspended detective, who has been demoted to restaurant inspector. Hiaasen has a peculiar genius for inventing grotesque creatures. Carl hiaasens bad monkey, and more the new york times. It was my first carl hiaasen and i really enjoyed it. But this is no everyday, humdrum, garden variety killing. 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. Novelist and miami herald columnist carl hiaasen writes with passion and purpose about the state he loves. Theres a logical hiaasenian explanation for that, but not for how and why it parted from its shadowy owner. He also writes a weekly column forthe miami herald. O, the oprah magazine a rollicking misadventure in the colorful annals of greed and corruption in south florida.
This book is written tongueincheek, great humour as well as being a good detective story. 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. Carl hiaasens latest comedic marvelhe hasnt written a novel this funny since skinny dipwith which his new one, bad monkey, shares some common ground. Hiaasen hasnt written a novel this funny since skinny dip. Buy a cheap copy of bad monkey book by carl hiaasen. 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. Bad monkey book frisco public library bibliocommons. Carl hiaasens bad monkey features a cast of oddballs. June, 20 novelist and miami herald columnist carl hiaasen writes with passion and purpose about the state he loves. Sick puppy and another book the name of which i dont even remember, both of which made me stop reading him for a while. An america that carl hiaasen has spent a career sending up.
Hiaasen star island combines familiar themes with an inspired cast in this exercise in florida zaniness. I was constantly entertained by this author and couldnt put the book down. Bad monkey carl hiaasen, 20 knopf doubleday 336 pp. 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. 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. With bad monkey, carl hiaasen is back doing what he does best. Strip tease was adapted as the 1996 movie striptease with demi moore and burt reynolds.
Bad monkey has a slightly more leisurely island pace, although what with grave robbers, autoerotic. Crazy critters, human and animal, unexpected turns of events, each one. Bad monkey 20 and other, read online free in epub,txt at. 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. Now i got a couple more of his books in the to read list. The author of bad monkey is carl hiaasen and this is the first of his books that ive read. Behind the wheel of the other car is merry mansfieldthe eponymous razor girland the crash scam is only the beginning of events. Bad monkey by carl hiaasen in djvu, epub, txt download e book.
This novel by carl hiaasen, author of tourist season and native tongue, begins as most thrillers do, with a killing. Both books begin with signs of lethal violenceboth involve scabby, furry creatures. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. Hiaasen s last novel for adults, star island, was set in miami and was appropriately frenetic. With its jauntily barbed tone, confidence and economy, this novel shows us a writer back in love with his. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. His most recent work of nonfiction is the downhill lie. His latest book, bad monkey, is an offbeat murder mystery set in key west. 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. Bad monkey with bad monkey, carl hiaasen is back doing what he does best. See the complete andrew yancy series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. You know its going to be a rough summer when you spend fathers day.
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. Carl hiaasen finally returning to form in this book, after some sloppy writing in, a. Bestselling novelist carl hiaasen is back with another hysterical mystery adventure for young readers, set in the florida keys. Below is a list of carl hiaasen s books in order of when. Here is hiaasen doing what he does better than anyone else.
Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Carl hiaasen s new novel, when lane coolmans car is bashed from behind on the road to the florida keys, what appears to be an ordinary accident is anything but. 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. People bad monkey boils over with corruption and comeuppance. 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. Janet maslin, the new york times a deliciously zany romp. This study guide was created using the following version of this book. 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.
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