Bad Monkey - Tapa dura

[Hiaasen] amplifies the grotesque aspects of everyday criminality in order to cut to the heart of human nature (The Irish Times)

He is a comic genius. Bad Monkey sees him on top form . . . the energetic way he skewers venality and venery is laugh-out-loud funny (Evening Standard)

There is much to relish in Bad Monkey . . . Its jacket calls him 'the funniest crime writer to put pen to paper'. He's certainly that, but on this form it wouldn't be rash to omit 'crime' and just call him the funniest writer around (Sunday Times)

It's not often when reading a crime novel that I have to break off to laugh out loud, but, when the author is Carl Hiaasen, it is near impossible to keep a straight face... Nothing less than a masterclass in black humour (Daily Mail)

His eye for detail, ear for dialogue, and ability to make the weird both credible and wonderful,
means Bad Monkey is vintage Hiaasen; it's fresh, it's funny and it's fabulous

(Tribune)

It's Hiaasen doing what Hiaasen does . . . he always adds something extra to the mix . . . jauntiness, wit and larger-than-life characters (Sunday Express)

Carl Hiaasen writes crime thriller like no other, stories so funny they can make you sick . . . Read it and weep: in a good way (RTE Guide)

Sun-soaked yet blackly comic crime fiction from the US master Hiaasen . . . Outrageously enjoyable stuff (Sport ET Magazine)

A laugh-out-loud comedy caper that contains a number of serious messages delivered with Carl Hiaasen's signature mordant and impeccably timed wit (Irish Independent)

A rum-soaked romp, brimming with shifty characters and razor-sharp dialogue (Sunday Mirror)