# Recommend a Carl Hiaasen novel for my wife **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 16, 2006, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-carl-hiaasen-novel-for-my-wife/360934 "2006-06-16T15:33:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-carl-hiaasen-novel-for-my-wife/360934/21 "2006-06-19T19:39:59Z")
[QUOTE=D\_Odds] Well, I did finish over the weekend. [/QUOTE] Sounds like I misremembered some things. Sorry! ---
**Author:** ![chorpler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chorpler/32/2888_2.png) [@chorpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorpler)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2006, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-carl-hiaasen-novel-for-my-wife/360934/22 "2006-06-19T20:18:53Z")
[QUOTE=China Guy] Damn, I read that one and hoping that he’d have more that were even better. Cadillac Beach is really twisted. I prefer Hiaasen’s style though. [/quote] Keep in mind that my viewpoint is a bit distorted. I read _Florida Roadkill_, Dorsey’s first book, in paperback, but I listened to _Cadillac Beach_ and _Torpedo Juice_ on audiobook. And while reading used to be my favorite activity, I haven’t been able to concentrate while reading a printed book for a couple years now; some kind of brain problem. So my thinking that _Cadillac Beach_ was the best Dorsey book so far could be biased against _Florida Roadkill_ because I had a much harder time reading it than I had listening to the other two. FWIW, I’ve heard people say that _Florida Roadkill_ is their favorite Dorsey book. Also FWIW, I can’t read Hiaasen’s actual books either, so if you can, you’ll probably find Dorsey’s pre-_Cadillac Beach_ books better than I do, since they’re not available in audiobook yet. Dorsey told me in an e-mail that all of his books are going to be produced as audiobooks sometime, but there’s no schedule yet (except that his latest, _The Big Bamboo_, will be coming out in July). ---
**Author:** ![DaddyTimesTwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@DaddyTimesTwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaddyTimesTwo)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2006, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-carl-hiaasen-novel-for-my-wife/360934/23 "2006-06-19T23:21:22Z")
[QUOTE=D\_Odds] Well, I did finish over the weekend. Demencio, the turtle painter, stayed true to form. He’s nothing but a scam artist. Sinclair, the former newspaper editor, went over the deep end. Skinner’s mom, as best as I can tell, was just another scam artist trying to cash in on the pilgrims. The Jesus omelet - heh. [/QUOTE] [hijack] a lot of spoiler tags in this thread, well, actually, **all** the spoiler tags in this thread don’t, uh, spoiler. Anyone else seeing that? [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2006, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-carl-hiaasen-novel-for-my-wife/360934/24 "2006-06-19T23:24:27Z")
I read three Hiaasens in a row last year then started to get annoyed by the whole schtick. However, _Skinny Dip_ was great. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-carl-hiaasen-novel-for-my-wife/360934/25 "2006-06-20T00:24:49Z")
[QUOTE=DaddyTimesTwo] [hijack] a lot of spoiler tags in this thread, well, actually, **all** the spoiler tags in this thread don’t, uh, spoiler. Anyone else seeing that? [/hijack] [/QUOTE] They worked when I first read this thread. I think this is a vBulletin problem, I’ve seen it on other sites before, some config setting IIRC. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-carl-hiaasen-novel-for-my-wife/360934.md?page=1)