Bad Monkey - Tapa dura

Praise for "Bad Monkey"
"Inspired . . . Another marvelously entertaining Hiaasen adventure."
--"Publishers Weekly"
"Hiaasen is laugh-out-loud funny and thoroughly entertaining."
--Thomas Gaughan, "Booklist "(starred)
Praise for the work of Carl Hiaasen
"Carl Hiaasen isn't just Florida's sharpest satirist--he's one of the few funny writers left in the whole country . . . I think of him as a national treasure."
--Malcolm Jones, "Newsweek"
"Does anyone remember what we did for fun before Hiaasen began turning out his satirical comedies?"
--Alan Cheuse, S"an Francisco Chronicle"
"Hiaasen [is] a superb national satirist . . . A great American writer about the great American subjects of ambition, greed, vanity and disappointment."
--Mark Harris, "Entertainment Weekly"
"Hiaasen's wasteland is as retributive as Cormac McCarthy's, but funnier. . . . [His] pacing is impeccable, and the scenes follow one another like Lay's potato chips."
--John Leland, "The New York Times Book Review"
"Hiaasen [is] king of the screwball comedies . . . A truly original comic novelist . . . The charismatic, animated characters deliver lines that will bring tears of laughter to even the most jaundiced readers . . . This is top-notch storytelling by a truly original comic novelist."
--Clayton Moore, "Rocky Mountain News"
"Carl Hiaasen is a lot like Evelyn Waugh. . . . Both simmer with rage; both are consumed with the same overwhelming vision . . . [both] write the funniest English of this century."
--Carolyn See, "The Washington Post"
"Hiaasen [is] in the company of Preston Sturges, Woody Allen, and S. J. Perelman."
--Janet Maslin, "The New York Times"
"A big-hearted and deeply funny book . . . All of Carl Hiaasen's obsessions are on full-tilt boogie."
--Adam Woog, "The Seattle Times"
"Hiaasen, like Elmore Leonard, shouldn't be missed. . . .""Hiaasen throws his colorful cha

Praise for "Bad Monkey"
"[A] comedic marvel . . . [Hiaasen] hasn't written a novel this funny since "Skinny Dip." . . . Beautifully constructed."
--Janet Maslin, "The New York Times"
"[A] deliciously zany romp. Buckle up for the ride."
--"People"
""Bad Monkey "boils over with corruption and comeuppance. And yes, there's a monkey."
--"O, The Oprah Magazine"
"[A] rollicking misadventure in the colorful annals of greed and corruption in South Florida. . . . Hiaasen has a peculiar genius for inventing grotesque creatures . . . that spring from the darkest impulses of the id. But he also writes great heroes."
--Marilyn Stasio, "The New York Times"
"This 'Triple-F'--fierce, funny, and Floridian . . . enfolds corruption, greed, mayhem, and very funny social satire in the way that only Hiaasen does it."
--"Reader's Digest"
"[Hiaasen is] one of America's premier humorists."
--Rege Behe, "Pittsburgh Tribune-Review"
"No one writes about Florida with a more wicked sense of humor than Hiaasen."
--Jocelyn McClurg, "USA Today"
"The gold standard for South Florida criminal farce."
--"Kirkus Reviews"
"Inspired . . . Another marvelously entertaining Hiaasen adventure."
--"Publishers Weekly"
"Hiaasen is laugh-out-loud funny and thoroughly entertaining."
--Thomas Gaughan, "Booklist "(starred)
Praise for the work of Carl Hiaasen
"Carl Hiaasen isn't just Florida's sharpest satirist--he's one of the few funny writers left in the whole country . . . I think of him as a national treasure."
--Malcolm Jones, "Newsweek"
"Does anyone remember what we did for fun before Hiaasen began turning out his satirical comedies?"
--Alan Cheuse, S"an Francisco Chronicle"
"Hiaasen [is] a superb national satirist . . . A great American writer about the great American subjects of ambition, greed, vanity and disappointment."
--Mark Harris, "Entertainment Weekly"
"Hiaasen's wasteland is as retributive as Cormac McCarthy's, but funnier. . . . [His] pacing is impeccable, and the scenes follow one another like Lay's potato chips."
--John Leland, "The New York Times Book Review"
"Hiaasen [is] king of the screwball comedies . . . A truly original comic novelist . . . The charismatic, animated characters deliver lines that will bring tears of laughter to even the most jaundiced readers . . . This is top-notch storytelling by a truly original comic novelist."
--Clayton Moore, "Rocky Mountain News"
"Carl Hiaasen is a lot like Evelyn Waugh. . . . Both simmer with rage; both are consumed with the same overwhelming vision . . . [both] write the funniest English of this century."
--Carolyn See, "The Washington Post"
"Hiaasen [is] in the company of Preston Sturges, Woody Allen, and S. J. Perelman."
--Janet Maslin, "The New York Times"
"A big-hearted and deeply funny book . . . All of Carl Hiaasen's obsessions are on full-tilt boogie."
--Adam Woog, "The Seattle Times"
"Hiaasen, like Elmore Leonard, shouldn't be missed. . . .""Hiaasen throws his colorful characters into an increasingly frenetic mix, and the fun lies in watching how, or if, they'll manage to extricate themselves."
--David Lazarus, "San Francisco Chronicle"
"Whenever it seems as if he might be running out of oxen to gore, Hiaasen comes up with fresh victims for his killing wit. [He is] Florida's most entertainingly indignant social critic . . . Outlandish events soar on the exuberance of Hiaasen's manic style, a canny blend of lunatic farce and savage satire."
--Marilyn Stasio, "The New York Times Book Review"
"A whole lot 'Survivor, ' a little bit 'The Tempest, ' with a pinch of Laurel and Hardy . . . Hiaasen is always good for a number of laugh-aloud scenes and lines . . . His ear is pitch-perfect."
--Alan Michael Parker, "Atlanta Journal-Constitution"
"Hilarious . . . A lifelong resident of the Sunshine State, [Hiaasen's] novels have always addressed the state's ecological and social ills with scathing satire, ironic comeuppance and an ever-evolving sensibility."
--Dan Lopez, "Time Out New York"