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The Carl Hiaasen Omnibus: "Tourist Season", "Double Whammy", "Skin Tight" (Paperback)

by Carl Hiaasen (Author)
4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 912 pages
  • Publisher: Picador (7 Oct 1994)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0330336207
  • ISBN-13: 978-0330336208
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.6 x 5.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 152,347 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Contains "Tourist Season", in which reporters, cops, politicians and a hungry crocodile, move around the Everglades. In "Double Whammy", investigator R.J. Decker is hired to investigate cheating in Florida while "Skin Tight", takes readers into the world of plastic surgery.

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More than just an awesomely good crime writer, Carl Hiaasen is a comic genius. From his brilliantly black-humoured debut with Tourist Season to the scalpel sharp satire of Skin Tight, Carl Hiaasen's first three Florida-based thrillers created a whole new category of crime fiction. Collected here for the first time, they represent a white-knuckle ride through parts of the American Nightmare that other writers have never even dreamed of. Or as America's leading satirist P.J.O'Rourke puts it: 'Reading Carl Hiaasen will do more to damage the Florida tourist trade than anything except a visit to Florida.'

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4.0 out of 5 stars Carl Hiaasen Introduces Skink, His Greatest Comic Character!, 28 Sep 2004
By Professor Donald Mitchell "Jesus Makes Me a P... (Boston) - See all my reviews
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If you have ever enjoyed any Carl Hiaasen novels about the abuse that Florida's environment has taken from developers, crooked politicians and ne'er-do-wells of all kinds, Double Whammy is one of his finest accomplishments. That's primarily due to Mr. Hiaasen's loving introduction of his great comic (and tragic) character, Skink. Early in the book, Skink (who appears in so many later novels in the series) joins the story as he combines to help R. J. Decker find out how a famous fisherman has been cheating in bass fishing contests. In fact, this book has more Skink in it than any other Hiaasen novel. If you are a Skink fan, this is a five-star effort.

The book's premise turns out to be but a red herring for a more sinister plot that soon threatens both Skink and Decker.

Mr. Hiaasen's rapier-like wit leaves his targets walking around with their heads cut off without realizing it, as they do one foolish thing after another that lead them to their inevitable doom. Some of the targets include unethical real estate developers, television evangelists, bass fishermen, sporting event sponsors and the idle rich. If you enjoy seeing any of those pilloried, this is a fine book for you.

The book contains one of the most diabolical dispatching of a villain that I have ever read. It's a masterpiece.

The book does have a drawback. Mr. Hiaasen seems to have fallen in love with his story. After the premise is confounded, the story takes too long to develop. It becomes a page turner . . . not because you cannot wait to get to the next part, but because you want the book to reach its inevitable end sooner.

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19 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A truely sinergistic moment in literary history, 24 Nov 2000
By madison159@yahoo.com (London, England) - See all my reviews
Never before has the publishing world combined their literally minds and marketing talent to bestow upon the public such a benevolent gift. Surely, The Carl Hiaasen Omnibus--a combination of three brillant novellas, layered with modern day wit, charm and tact, will be remembered by the public as a watershed act of chartiy and by the publisher's shareholders as a momentous act of stupidity. Tourist Season, Double Wammy and Skin Tight offer the first time reader of Hiaasen a plethora of material to indulge in at a bargain basement price. I truely believe the publisher made a mistake by offering such wonderful gems under the same title cover without charging a premium. Readers will find themselve's staying up later than normal, ignoring loved ones more than normal and regretfully, sitting on the toilet longer than normal, while trying to finish this magnum opus of a page turner. Not since the edition of the Bible has a collection of stories been able to command such attention from the wall-eyed masses. It almost leads one to believe that this literay thriple threat was the result of divine intervention. Why, you ask? Because how else can one explain the fact that The Carl Hiaasen Omnibus was written by...Carl Hiaasen. This fact is a truely coincidential event in modern history, one that rivals the death of Jesus and the conspicuous birth of Christianity. But, before asking any more questions, read the book. You will come away blessed for life.
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