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Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen
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Carl Hiaasen writes novels about Florida. I won't get started about Florida - the ex-President, governor, theme parks, retirees.... Mr. Hiaasen takes on subjects like these and others in all of his books. His method is to take an evil scoundrel who's made a fortune by raping the wildlife and wildlands of Florida, pin them down and gut them (figuratively or, sometimes, literally). In Skinny Dip, the culprits are a philandering husband who tries to murder his wife by throwing her off the deck of a cruise ship and a crooked mega-farmer who's polluting the Everglades with run-off from his agricultural empire.
Skinny Dip is an entertaining read, though there's some recycling from past novels. Skink, the former governor of Florida who lives in the Everglades, makes a couple of nominal appearances. And there's a goon (though with a twist this time) with a bullet in his anus, who's a throwback to the villain in Double Whammy who walks around with the head of a dead pit bull attached to his arm.
This isn't the best Carl Hiaasen novel I've read, but there was enough here to keep me engaged.
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July 31, 2022 – Shelved
July 31, 2022 – Shelved as: to-read
September 14, 2023 – Started Reading
October 10, 2023 – Finished Reading

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