In 1993, hiaasen published strip tease, which focuses on a woman who is dancing as a stripper to raise money to regain custody of her daughter. Buy a cheap copy of double whammy book by carl hiaasen. Carl weaves a great story about bass fishing in florida and louisiana. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Skink is later introduced in the novel and appears in the subsequent books by carl hiaasen. Books for grownups carl hiaasens official web site. Thanks to a sportsmans scam thats anything but sportsmanlike, theres a body floating in coon bog, florida and a lot thats rotten in the murky waters of bigstakes, largemouth bass tournaments. Carl hiaasen adaptations would be a hoot film the guardian.
Carl hiaasen has spent a lifetime railing against corrupt politicians and the wanton destruction of floridas natural riches. Carl hiaasen is a well known conservationist and this shows in his all of his novels in his colorful descriptions of floridas physical attributes, the wetlands, waterways and the tropical climate. A graduate of the university of florida, at age 23 he joined the miami herald as a general assignment reporter. A graduate of the university of florida, at age 23 he joined the miami herald as a general assignment reporter and went on to work for the newspapers weekly magazine and prizewinning investigations team. Carl hiaasen is a journalist and awardwinning author of numerous bestsellers, including strip tease, bad monkey and the childrens book hoot. It features a private investigator who is hired to expose bass fisherman, a renowned celebrity as a fraud but ends up being framed for murder. He is someone that likes to do his job but doesnt want to be working the job all of the time. Florida authors a to i include tim dorsey and carl hiaasen. Have you ever had the urge to learn everything you can about bass fishing. In carl hiaasens new novel, crazy things keep happening. Chomp by carl hiaasen at the best online ebook storage. Carl hiaasen makes florida sound like one dangerously crazy place.
Carl hiaasens most memorable characters deep south magazine. The sixth novel in the skink series came out in 2010. Carl hiaasen was born and raised in florida, where he still lives. Along the way hes become one of the countrys most successful novelists, not to mention one hell of a fly fisherman. When wahoo crays dada professional animal wranglertakes a job with a reality tv show called expedition survival. They are all pretty good thoughskin tight was funny as well. Double whammy skink book 1 kindle edition by hiaasen, carl.
The book introduced the character of skink clinton tyree, who becomes a recurring character in hiaasens subsequent novels. This was the first carl hiaasen book that i read, and i loved it. The protagonist, a private investigator, is hired to expose a celebrity bass fisherman as a cheat and is drawn into a frameup for murder. Thanks to a sportsmans scam thats anything but sportsmanlike. Hoot by carl hiaasen and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. In hiaasens whackedout world, only photographerturned p.
Decker is a downonhisluck private investigator that is hired to catch a cheating bass fisherman. The double whammy is a special lure used in the competitive bass fishing underlying the plot of this thriller by miami journalist hiaasen the tourist season. He usually gives one of the bad guys a bizarre situation to get through, and double whammy is no different. Carl hiaasen is a columnist, reporter, and novelist. He is the author of fourteen previous novels, including the best sellers bad monkey, lucky you, nature girl, razor girl, sick puppy, skinny dip, star island, and five bestselling childrens books, chom. Apr 27, 2009 my favorite carl hiaasen is skinny dip, it is about this guy who tries to kill his wife, she survives, and torments him.
Rj decker is hired by dennis gault to provide incriminating evidence against a suspected cheating bass fisherman. Decker, star tenant of the local trailer park and neophyte private eye is fishing for a killer. And the lures have funny names like whopper stoppers and hula poppers. Digital rights management drm the publisher has supplied this book in encrypted form, which means that you need to install free software in order to unlock and read it. The first book in the series is double whammy published in 1987. Mainly that its the fastest growing outdoor sport in america. This book was a hilarious look at florida tourism, and hiaasen claims he wrote it to scare tourists away. Carl hiaasen is an american novelist who writes adult and young adult thriller and crime fiction novels, but the common theme in his novels no matter what age he is writing for is the setting of florida. Download and read online for free chomp by carl hiaasen. The book introduced the character of skink clinton tyree, who becomes a. Over the next few years, hiaasen penned more books, including 1987s double whammy, a treatise on the professional bass fishing circuit, and 1989s skin tight, another south florida thriller. Carl hiaasen was born and raised in florida, where he still lives with his family. Stormy weather by carl hiaasen tourist season by carl hiaasen the deep blue goodby by john. Few would argue with the observation that carl hiaasen s writing displays a take no prisoners tone when it comes to satirizing life as lived in the sunshine state.
A longtime columnist for the miami herald and tribune content agency, hiaasen has also written more than 20 novels which can generally be classified as humorous crime fiction and often feature themes of environmentalism and political corruption in his native florida. Carl hiaasen biography life, childhood, children, parents. Longtime reporter for the miami herald and florida native carl hiaasens th novel bad monkey, one of our summer reading list picks, comes out today. Not knowing anything about fishing, decker turns to an eccentric recluse to help him with the case. In 2003, his book hoot won the newbery honor from the association of library service to children. Who would ever have thought there was so much fun to be found on the professional bass fishing circuit. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 263 pages and is available in hardcover format. Free chapter summaries, character descriptions, study questions and more. Pdf flush book by carl hiaasen free download 263 pages. Read the book and you will understand why the chamber of commerce types hate hiaasen.
The protagonist, a man named decker, is a former photographer turned private investigator who has been hired by a rich man to catch his rival, a bigname bass fisherman, cheating. With the release of bad monkey today, florida author carl hiaasen adds yet another cast of characters to his repertoire. This 1987 mystery revolves around the world of bass sports fishing. Double whammy is the debut novel in the skink series by carl hiaasen. Jun 26, 2018 i learned a lot about bass fishing in this book. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. And the prize money in fishing competitions can be so huge that carl hiaasen has no trouble convincing us that people will kill over fish. Born in fort lauderdale, florida in 1953, he attended emory university before transferring to the university of florida from which he graduated with a degree in journalism. Double whammy is a dark comedy by writer carl hiaasen. Books for young readers carl hiaasens official web site. There are very few books that make me laugh out loud as much as a carl hiaasen book read by george wilson.
Carl hiaasen with a distinct sense of humor and a flare for the unusual, carl hiassen has dissected the psyche of south florida to write several wickedly funny books for both kids and adults. The first edition of the novel was published in 2005, and was written by carl hiaasen. His first book for kids, hoot, won a newbery honor and was later adapted into a movie of the same name. Double whammy is genuinely funny all the way through. There is great literature and then there is great audible. Weeb, a tvpreacher who funds lockharts bassfishing tv series and promotes condos. Carl hiaasen audio books, best sellers, author bio.
Carl hiaasen books list of books by author carl hiaasen. After stormy weather i decided i want to delve more into the background of captain skink, the most interesting character in the book, so i went back to his debut in double whammy. Anyone who has read his novels can tell he holds the sunshine state in high regard. Everything that happens is outrageous and the outrageousness steadily increases as the story unfolds. Two years later in 2005, the same book won another award rebecca caudill young readers book award. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read double whammy. Discover book depositorys huge selection of carl hiaasen books online. Carl hiaasen books, ebooks, audiobooks, biography barnes. Jan 30, 2020 the following is an exclusive excerpt from carl hiaasens upcoming book, squeeze me knopf, september 29, 2020. To better understand this, i read tourist season, and instantly became a carl hiaasen fan. On the night of january twentythird, unseasonably calm and warm, a woman named kiki pew fitzsimmons disappeared during a festive charity gala in the exclusive island town of palm beach, florida. Lockhart called fish fever that promotes bass fishing as a magnificent religious experience. Carl hiaasens novels have been nominated for multiple awards, some of which they went on to win.
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