Genre: Book
Grade: B/B+
Notable People: Carl Hiassen
Title: Double Whammy
Review: This is one whacked out book- featuring the author’s favorite muse: the former and missing governor of Florida- now calling himself Skink and living in the depths of the Everglades on fresh roadkill. which gives you the ides of the whole book. Hiassen is a South Florid legend and his sense of the area is quite remarkable. Being in the Keys myself, at the moment, it is an excellent place to read one of his farfetched and over the top stories. He seems to walk a straight line between the eccentricity of Tom Robbins and the hard boiled romantic prose of his hero, John D. McDonald (the Travis McGee creator). This is one in a long line of whirlwind books he has produced and a decent thrill ride, though the deeply entrenched sense of irony gets to be a bit much for 500 pages. Best to read in the South Florida sun!