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Carl Hiaasen Omnibus

From:     book reviews
Category: Art
Date:     18 August 2008
Time:     02:29 PM

Review:

Carl Hiaasen is a popular floridian thriller writer. His books are nearly all right. All three in this bumper 
big book are exactly the same. Hard bitten ex miami herald reporter with heart of gold and balls of 
steel triumphs over sometimes grotesque capers of not too bad baddies. There is usually an ex-wife 
with a good bod and a new rich husband who he still holds a flame for. The most evocative element is 
the destruction of the Florida wild and occasionally he also breaks through with a nice bit of 
gruesome violence or corruption. Very readable, not in the same boat park as Chandler.


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