ePub ´ ñ Carl Hiaasen
Loose on the page There's Trebeaux the owner of Sedimental Journeys a company that steals sand from one beach to restore erosion on another Dominick Big Noogie Aeola a NYC mafia capo with a taste for tropic wear Buck Nance a Wisconsin accordionist who has rebranded himself as the star of a redneck reality show called Bayou Brethren a street psycho known as Blister who's Buck Nance than Buck could ever be Brock Richardson a Miami product liability lawyer who's getting dangerously and deformingly h While Mr Hiaasen has some funny moments here there's too much negativity to overcome it all 5 of 10 stars
Carl Hiaasen ñ Razor Girl eBook
Razor GirlThe new full tilt unstoppably hilarious and entertaining novel from the best selling author of Skinny Dip and Bad MonkeyWhen Lane Coolman's car is bashed from behind on the road to the Florida Keys what appears to be an ordinary accident is anything but this is Hiaasen Behind the wheel of the other car is Merry Mansfield the eponymous Razor Girl and the crash scam is only the beginning of events that spiral crazily out of control while unleashing some of the wildest characters Hiaasen has ever set Carl Hiaasen has penned a smart hugely entertaining and hilariously comic satire located on the Florida Keys I wish I could say that the crazy and lunatic web of storylines were all the product of Hiaasen's febrile imagination but no they have a basis in truth and Florida tabloid headlines So be prepared for the disturbing deranged delinuent and delicious depiction of the Sunshine State The eponymous Razor Girl is the uirky scam artist Merry Mansfield who has the MO of purposefully crashing into cars whilst attending to her privates with a razor Her marks are men that she easily dupes with charm It begins with a case of mistaken identity and a car crash by Merry and her co conspirator Zeto which results in Lane Coolman being abducted This sparks off an ill advised appearance in a LGBT Motor Club by Buck Nance in which he makes anti gay and racist remarks that lead to him having to hastily leave the club and go on the run Buck is the star of the very popular redneck reality show Bayou Brethren and Lane was supposed to have been there to hold his hand and guide him Andrew Yancy is an ex cop who has been reduced to the roach patrol but feels that if he can make a big contribution in a case he can return to being a cop Buck becomes a wanted man when he is suspected of being behind the death of a muslim man on the Conch Train who is viciously verbally abused for being a muslim terrorist This tallies with the anti muslim and racist sermons that Buck has made However Buck has a superfan Blister who abducts Buck Blister is like Buck than Buck and he just happens to be off his trolley Whilst Buck is a racist even he cannot stomach Blister and ponders on his role in creating such monsters Yancy goes on the hunt to locate Buck and Blister whilst at the same time trying to deter his new neighbours from settling into their home for which they have ghastly plans He comes to be aided by the charismatic Merry Add a con man with a sand business 'Big Noogie' a mafia man further car crashes and you have a marvellous off the rails adventure storyAs with any Hiaasen novel I found it non stop entertainment and full of black humour He does a great job in skewering a particular type of reality show and other aspects of Florida life Oh yes and be prepared to encounter Giant Gambian rats and The author is remarkably good in the array of strange weird and off beat characters that he conceives of and develops Excellent read I have no hesitation in recommending this book Great book Thanks to Little Brown for an ARC