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This book was hysterical! The obvious potshots at the Disney juggernaut were hilarious, and the characters were all very memorable. This ties with Skinny Dip for my current favorite Hiaasen book. Highly recommended!

Another funny book by Hiaason. A quick read and nice change from the typical mystery novel.

Hiaasen writes wickedly funny environmental mysteries or adventures. He uses odd characters and plots you just have to love. I especially enjoy his former-governor-turned-swamp rat who is the ultimate recycling person - he cooks and eats road kill.

Fast moving and funny as ever. I love it when the ex-governor enters the picture. If you have not read any of Hiaasen's books you are in for a treat.

I can't get enough of Hiaasen! This was another of his hilarious satires - full of wacky characters that inhabit South Florida. I think this is about the 6th Hiaasen I have read and I would rank this with his best. (Others I have read include Tourist Season, Double Whammy, Strip Tease, Lucky You, Skin Tight). This novel is one of his most direct assaults on developers wrecking havoc on the Florida environment. The targets include the amusement parks such as Sea World and Disney but he also takes shots at phone sex operators and their clients, steroid-pumped bodybuilders, and extreme animal lovers and birdwatchers. Hiaasen again came up with some great characters including the ex-Mafia snitch who owned a Disney-like amusement park, the bodybuilder security guard who gnawed off his own foot to free himself from a car parked on it, the senior citizen lady environmentalist who doesn't hesitate to shoot whoever disagrees with her, and the ex-Florida governor who lives in the Florida wilderness and wears a dead panther's tracking collar! The book also had a few celebrity guest appearances - I laughed out loud when Willard Scott was interviewing Robbie Raccoon at the amusement park and told him he was a little overweight. Robbie responded: "Look who's talking, lardass." Overall, a very high recommendation for this one.

Carl Hiaasen writes with humor and style. While some of his characters are over the top, this was a fun read. It was my first book by Hiaasen, and I do intend to read more of them.

Hiaasen is a marvelous author, combining eco-awareness, wit and mystery. This book is no exception. As a family of tourists find an ugly surprise tossed into their car, a plot for ecological destruction, murder and deceit unravels. Hiaasen knows who the bad guys really are, and is not afraid to point them out.

Not his best, but a fun read all the same.

Screamingly hilarious.

Another funny, wacky, weird book from Hiaasen.

It is always fun to read Carl Hiaasen, and this book is no exception. Pure entertainment!

Another great Hiassen book!

This guy is so much fun to read. I look forward to any of his books.

One of Hiaasen's best......well developed plot....

Nice story, set in Florida, mango voles stolen from a zoo, and the trials to find them.

Great, with all the wonderful characters old and new.

Once again Carl Hiaasen zips through a story and makes his readers laughs out loud!