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 Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Carl Hiaasen's best-selling novels are funny and sardonic. Hilarious postcards of south Florida, they also decry the lurid commercialism that is draining and paving the tropical landscape.

Tourist season is swinging into high gear in Miami. So are the activities of a bizarre terrorist group determined to keep the hapless "snowbirds" away. Armed with bombs, weed, and jumbled credos, they move toward their grand target, the Orange Bowl Parade, with plans to bring Miami and its tourist trade to a halt.

The cast, which includes a deranged journalist, a visionary ex-jock, and a lovesick detective, is just the kind of company Carl Hiaasen's fans love to keep. Narrator George Wilson's performance lures each quirky character out into the full light of the Florida sun. With over half a million copies in print, this is one of Hiaasen's most popular works.

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"Reading a Hiaasen book is always a high-speed boat ride where laughter can turn to horror and disaster at any moment. Hearing the story aloud adds a dose of realism and sensation....Wilson's narration is perfectly timed, laid-back, and salty." ( AudioFile)
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Even though this book is over 30 years old the humour is fresh and the eco messages even more so. I’ve just rediscovered Hiaasen after a long drought and not regretting it.

Laugh out loud

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This is the first time I cried at the end of a Carl Hiaasen novel. It was worth it.

Hiaasen never misses

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I read this story years ago, it seemed funnier then. Now it’s more like a sad tale of developed land, greed & total disrespect for nature. I’m with Wiley all the way- he’s a bit nuts but he seriously has a point - look at any green space near you!

Funny and deadly serious

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We listened to the audiobook on a long car journey and had it not been for that we would probably have given up on it. It was so much longer than necessary. Amusing in parts but quite predictable. Not one of the author’s best

Not one of Hiassen’s best

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I just love his storytelling ant this had all the classic characteristics, eco warrior’s, donut eating cops, hilarious baddies, Lycra clad women and so much more.

Classic Hiaasen

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