Stormy Weather
by Carl Hiaasen | Mystery & Thrillers | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0446603422 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0446603422 Global Overview for this book
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Book Description
When a ferocious hurricane rips through Southern Florida, the con artists and carpetbaggers waste no time swarming over the disaster area.
Among the predators are Edie Marsh, an entrepreneurial young woman whose scheme to sleep with a Palm Beach Kennedy has fizzled, freeing her to concoct a colossal insurance rip-off; Lester Maddox Parsons, a murderous ex-con whose violent encounter with a game warden has left him with the fitting nickname of "Snapper"; and Avila, a crooked building inspector-turned-roofer, who dabbles somewhat unsuccessfully in the occult.
Caught in the middle are Max and Bonnie Lamb, newlyweds torn in wildly different directions by the storm. It is Max's fateful decision to abort their Disney World honeymoon and race to Dade County to see the terrible devastation. Armed with a video camera, the ambitious young advertising executive can't wait to show his hurricane tapes to his buddies back in New York. Over Bonnie's objections, Max eagerly sets out through the rubble, debris, and mayhem -- and promptly vanishes. The only clue to his whereabouts: a runaway monkey. But there's also a man called Skink who has devoted his very strange existence to saving Florida from the kinds of people blown in by the hurricane. It is he, crazed and determined, who prowls the swath of the storm and forever changes the lives of Max, Bonnie, Edie, and the others.
Their paths -- tangled before they even know it -- come together in a novel that continues the hilarious and scathing muckraking tradition that Carl Hiaasen has so mercilessly made his own. In Stormy Weather, there is no calm eye.
Book Description
When a ferocious hurricane rips through Southern Florida, the con artists and carpetbaggers waste no time swarming over the disaster area.
Among the predators are Edie Marsh, an entrepreneurial young woman whose scheme to sleep with a Palm Beach Kennedy has fizzled, freeing her to concoct a colossal insurance rip-off; Lester Maddox Parsons, a murderous ex-con whose violent encounter with a game warden has left him with the fitting nickname of "Snapper"; and Avila, a crooked building inspector-turned-roofer, who dabbles somewhat unsuccessfully in the occult.
Caught in the middle are Max and Bonnie Lamb, newlyweds torn in wildly different directions by the storm. It is Max's fateful decision to abort their Disney World honeymoon and race to Dade County to see the terrible devastation. Armed with a video camera, the ambitious young advertising executive can't wait to show his hurricane tapes to his buddies back in New York. Over Bonnie's objections, Max eagerly sets out through the rubble, debris, and mayhem -- and promptly vanishes. The only clue to his whereabouts: a runaway monkey. But there's also a man called Skink who has devoted his very strange existence to saving Florida from the kinds of people blown in by the hurricane. It is he, crazed and determined, who prowls the swath of the storm and forever changes the lives of Max, Bonnie, Edie, and the others.
Their paths -- tangled before they even know it -- come together in a novel that continues the hilarious and scathing muckraking tradition that Carl Hiaasen has so mercilessly made his own. In Stormy Weather, there is no calm eye.
This book is on its way, with a few friends, to DoveiLibri in Florida. If I could only follow my books...
Arrived today in a box of books! Thank you so much! Carl Hiaasen's books are all on my wish list ... mysteries with a bit of tongue in cheek. This was an ADDED surprise, and it's going with the rest onto Mount TBR. It may be a while until I get to it, but I'll be sure to journal and share the books with someone else when I'm done! Thank you again!Added April 12, 2009: Reserved for EasternGirl71.
May 11, 2009 Started reading this today on the beach right across the state from all the action in the story. Just in time for hurricane season ... yikes! Finished ¼ of the book already, it seems interesting ... but, back to work tomorrow. I'm not sure how much more I'll get to read this week!
May 16, 2009: Finished! Fun and strange Carl Hiaasen - as usual!
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at RABCK, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases on Saturday, May 16, 2009
Dove-i-Libri at RABCK, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases on Saturday, May 16, 2009
Released 14 yrs ago (5/18/2009 UTC) at RABCK, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases
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CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES: Sent as a RABCK via media mail to EasternGirl71 in Illinois! Happy Traveling, Book! Happy Reading, EasternGirl71!
Will need to go in my TBR pile right now. I had to go take care of a dad who had a heart surgery, and the 5 weeks that I aws gone I came back to a pile of bookrings/rays that I am still trying to get through, as you know when you join book ring/rays they keep trickling in. Doing my best to keep up. Thanks so much for sending this book my way:) I appreciate that!
