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Jack Tagger is a frustrated journalist. His outspoken views have relegated him to the obituary page, with his byline never again to disgrace the front page. But Jack has stumbled across a whale of a story that might just resurrect his career. James Stomarti, infamous frontman of rock band Jimmy and the Slut Puppies, has died in a diving accident and Jack harbours suspicions that the glamorous pop starlet widow may have had a vested interest in her husband's untimely death. It all smells a little too fishy. Aided and abetted by his rather sexy (if unnervingly ambitious) young editor, Emma, Jack sets out to in pursuit of the truth - and a nice juicy story. But of course nothing is ever straightforward and with murderous goons on his tail, brutal internal politics at the paper and a paranoia about death, Jack is struggling to keep his head above water. Was Jimmy Stomarti murdered? Is someone trying to kill off the Slut Puppies one by one? And what significance can a dead lizard named Colonel Tom possibly have?Basket Case is an absolute delight from first page to last and spells out a hilariously hard-won triumph for muckraking journalism. This is one book you'll kill to get your hands on.

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Carl Hiaasen has long been at the forefront of satire and outrageous comedy in crime writing but his last few books had lacked the righteous anger of his earlier efforts. Basket Case proves a welcome and thoroughly enjoyable return to corrosive form for the crusading Miami Herald journalist it's better not to cross. Instead of his customary and by now predictable targets of venal developers and corporate greed, Hiaasen here skewers the rock & roll business and its attendant denizens and hangers-on with wilful glee and a mischievous use of insider information (the title of the book is also that of a song from the forthcoming album by Warren Zevon, an iconoclastic singer with whom Hiaasen has collaborated before). A flamboyant rock singer dies in a suspicious diving accident off the Bahamas coast and disgraced and bolshie reporter Jack Tagger assigned to his obituary uncovers a nest of puzzles. Did his Courtney Love look-alike younger wife kill him to appropriate the tapes of his comeback album? Will Jack best his venal proprietors and redeem his journalistic integrity? Why does his young and nubile editor wear sexy nail polish on her toes? The jokes and witty observations come fast and furious, and it's a pleasing ride through more Florida craziness and a scintillating gallery of characters gleaned from headlines including a parade of musical crazies straight from Spinal Tap, ex-girlfriends with obligatory jailbait daughters and journalists you would never think of trusting your life to. --Maxim Jakubowski
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[A] rollickingly comic and suspenseful adventure.
Los Angeles Times
Fresh and juicy. . . A sunny delight.
Entertainment Weekly
As delicious as ever. . . [Hiaasen is] a master of the comic crime novel.
People
Hiaasen delivers a culpable caper that s a pleasurable hit.
USA Today

A riot. . . It s one thing to be twisted and funny. It s quite another to manage twisted, funny, and serious. . . . Hiaasen consistently juggles the heavy with the light.
Detroit News
Frisky. . . . The real music here is Mr. Hiaasen s self-assured banter.
The New York Times

Riled, righteous, and rip-roaring funny. . . Hiaasen s novels ought to bear the warning label: may be hazardous to your sides. They may split.
New York Newsday

[Hiaasen] is head and shoulders above the rest. . . . Straight crime fiction with a biting, satiric edge, and it proves what his hardcore fans have known for a long time he is, at heart, simply a great storyteller and a better writer.
Charleston Post and Courier

Great good fun. . . Basket Case is typical Hiaasen. In other words, it s wildly hyperbolic, with lots of digs at South Florida's zany lifestyle and (in this case) a total smearing of corporate journalism.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch"

"[A] rollickingly comic and suspenseful adventure."
--Los Angeles Times

"Fresh and juicy. . . A sunny delight."
--Entertainment Weekly

"As delicious as ever. . . [Hiaasen is] a master of the comic crime novel."
--People

"Hiaasen delivers a culpable caper that's a pleasurable hit."
--USA Today

"A riot. . . It's one thing to be twisted and funny. It's quite another to manage twisted, funny, and serious. . . . Hiaasen consistently juggles the heavy with the light."
--Detroit News

"Frisky. . . . The real music here is Mr. Hiaasen's self-assured banter."
--The New York Times

"Riled, righteous, and rip-roaring funny. . . Hiaasen's novels ought to bear the warning label: may be hazardous to your sides. They may split."
--New York Newsday

"[Hiaasen] is head and shoulders above the rest. . . . Straight crime fiction with a biting, satiric edge, and it proves what his hardcore fans have known for a long time--he is, at heart, simply a great storyteller and a better writer."
--Charleston Post and Courier

"Great good fun. . . Basket Case is typical Hiaasen. In other words, it's wildly hyperbolic, with lots of digs at South Florida's zany lifestyle and (in this case) a total smearing of corporate journalism."
--St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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  • PublisherMacmillan
  • Publication date2002
  • ISBN 10 0333907914
  • ISBN 13 9780333907917
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