Recommend a Carl Hiaasen novel for my wife

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[QUOTE=D_Odds]
Well, I did finish over the weekend.
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Sounds like I misremembered some things. Sorry!

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[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.
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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).

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[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.

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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?
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I read three Hiaasens in a row last year then started to get annoyed by the whole schtick.

However, Skinny Dip was great.

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[QUOTE=DaddyTimesTwo]
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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?
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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.