Reviews
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 ra≥ 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, 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 ra≥ 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, 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 ra≥ 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