Kick Ass: Selected Colums of Carl Hiaasen

Hiassen, Carl; Stevenson, Diane [Editor]

ISBN 10: 0425178242 / ISBN 13: 9780425178249

Published by Berkley Trade, 2001

Seller Inventory # 0425178242-4-18934380

Synopsis:

A collection of the unique and passionate columns by Carl Hiaasen of the Miami Herald examines the outrageous carnival of southern Florida and all its inhabitants--thieves, conmen, hustlers, perfumed swine, legal swindlers and patriotic crooks, executioners, and lap dancers. Reprint.

From the Back Cover: "Readers who eagerly anticipate each new Carl Hiaasen novel will relish this selection of his Miami Herald columns, written with the same dark humor and satirical edge as Tourist Season, Strip Tease, Stormy Weather, and the rest of Hiaasen's fiction. Known for evoking the disastrously flawed paradise of modern South Florida, Hiaasen proves in these columns that facts can indeed be stranger than the fiction they inspire."--BOOK JACKET. "Beginning with "Welcome to South Florida, " a chapter full of such everyday events as animal sacrifice, riots at the beach, and a shootout over limes at the supermarket, this collection organizes more than 200 columns into 18 chapters, chronicling the events and defining the issues that have kept the South Florida melting pot bubbling throughout the eighties and nineties. An introductory essay provides an overview of Hiaasen's career and outlines his principal concerns as a journalist."--BOOK JACKET.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Kick Ass: Selected Colums of Carl Hiaasen
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Publication Date: 2001
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Fair