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Sick Puppy
 

Sick Puppy

by Carl Hiaasen

Carl Hiaasen's characters ride and flail on little verbal hurricanes, and his literary storm shows no signs of dying down. Sick Puppy shares Dave Barry's giddy gift for finding humor in South Florida horrors, and a bit of Elmore Leonard's genius for pitch-perfect dialogue spouted smartly by criminals who are dumb as stumps. The title of Hiaasen's eighth novel could apply to most of... (read more)

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Kathy F
  • Rated 5 stars

“OK, I am a Carl Hiaasen slut. I love his wit, and story lines are LOL for me. It is sick, and fast, and unbelievable...but yet he is so convincing...a real hoot!”

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MrsB
  • Rated 2 stars

“Have your read Hoot by this author? This is a similar plot; enviromentalists vs developers but this is the ADULT version; sex and language! However, it was an entertaining read and it makes you realize that high rollers can be bizarre - a hobby of the evil lobbyist is big game hunting, but he does it locally with animals that are collected and set up on a preserve for him to shot. Weird / funny / ha ha. But then that describes many of Hiaasen's books. FIC HIA”

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  • Rated 3.840278 stars
Amazon:
  • Rated 4 stars
  

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