Bad Monkey

Coming as an Apple Original series from Ted Lasso co-creator Bill Lawrence and starring Vince Vaughn - A wickedly funny novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Squeeze Me in which the greedy, the corrupt, and the degraders of what's left of pristine Florida--now, of the Bahamas as well--get their comeuppance.

"[A] comedic marvel ... [Hiaasen] hasn't written a novel this funny since Skinny Dip."--The New York Times

Andrew Yancy--late of the Miami Police and soon-to-be-late of the Monroe County sheriff's office--has a human arm in his freezer. There's a logical (Hiaasenian) explanation for that, but not for how and why it parted from its shadowy owner. Yancy thinks the boating-accident/shark-luncheon explanation is full of holes, and if he can prove murder, the sheriff might rescue him from his grisly Health Inspector gig (it's not called the roach patrol for nothing). But first--this being Hiaasen country--Yancy must negotiate an obstacle course of wildly unpredictable events with a crew of even more wildly unpredictable characters, including his just-ex lover, a hot-blooded fugitive from Kansas; the twitchy widow of the frozen arm; two avariciously optimistic real-estate speculators; the Bahamian voodoo witch known as the Dragon Queen, whose suitors are blinded unto death by her peculiar charms; Yancy's new true love, a kinky coroner; and the eponymous bad monkey, who with hilarious aplomb earns his place among Carl Hiaasen's greatest characters.

Author: Carl Hiaasen
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Published: 06/11/2013
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.48lbs
Size: 9.39h x 6.53w x 1.21d
ISBN: 9780307272591

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.3
Point Value: 17
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 171426 / Bad Monkey


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 01/01/2013 pg. 60
Publishers Weekly 04/22/2013
Booklist 05/01/2013 pg. 17
People Weekly 06/10/2013 pg. 61
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2013
New York Times Book Review 06/16/2013 pg. 25
Shelf Awareness 06/18/2013

About the Author

Carl Hiaasen was born and raised in Florida. He is the author of twelve previous novels, including the best-selling Lucky You, Nature Girl, Sick Puppy, Skinny Dip, and Star Island, and four best-selling children s books, Chomp, Flush, Hoot, and Scat. His most recent work of nonfiction is The Downhill Lie: A Hacker s Return to a Ruinous Sport. He also writes a weekly column for The Miami Herald.

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