"A jaunty, outstandingly human, and highly successful satire on the habits and ways of professional promoters, on progress in Florida. . . and a lot of other things."--Chicago Tribune
"A delightful discovery for the general reader of Florida fiction." Les Standiford
from the book
"That crazy bastard is famous If he moves here wherever he moves it will be news. It will be on every wire service. It will be in every column. And just what will be the first public reaction?" . . . "My god," Paul said, "You re right." "Paul, do you know how a resort area...
"A jaunty, outstandingly human, and highly successful satire on the habits and ways of professional promoters, on progress in Florida. . . and a lo...
"You just cover a lot of territory and you do it aggressively and you do it fairly and you don t play favorites and you don t take any prisoners. It s the old school of slash-and-burn metropolitan column writing. You just kick ass. That s what you do. And that s what they pay you to do."--Carl Hiaasen
"Carl Hiaasen is one of America's finest novelists. His newspaper column is another side of the same talent, examining with a corrosive writer's eye the outrageous carnival of Southern Florida. The inhabitants are all here: thieves, conmen, and hustlers, perfumed swine and oiled...
"You just cover a lot of territory and you do it aggressively and you do it fairly and you don t play favorites and you don t take any prisoners. I...
