Get ready for another instant classic from Carl Hiaasen, a book that’s not just laugh-out-loud funny but a sharp look at today’s chaotic and polarized American culture.
So, it all starts on a rainy afternoon in Florida, of course. A guy named Dale Figgo picks up a hitchhiker. But this isn't just any guy. Figgo is a special kind of hate-monger, one so completely inept he got kicked out of the Proud Boys for being too dumb. You know, the type of guy who tries to deface a statue of Ulysses S. Grant but ends up smearing filth on a monument to a Confederate leader instead. His life is already a mess, but boy, is it about to get way more complicated.
That's because two formidable people are about to crash into his world. First, there’s Viva Morales. She's a clever, recently transplanted Floridian who's been taken to the cleaners by her ex-husband. Now she’s working for a sketchy philanthropic front called the Mink Foundation, and because it's all she can afford, she’s renting a room in Dale Figgo’s apartment. Then you have Twilly Spree, an eco-avenger with a serious anger-management problem, especially when people mess with the environment, and way, way too much inherited money.
Viva and Twilly get pulled into a mystery full of dark money and even darker motives. They find themselves tangled up in a world crawling with Hiaasen’s most outrageous characters yet. We’re talking about Claude and Electra Mink, billionaire philanthropists with too much plastic surgery and a secret right-wing agenda. And let's not forget Congressman Clure Boyette, who dreams of being a major political player but is held back by his love for hookers and his total lack of intelligence. Hiaasen expertly weaves their stories together, delivering a wild, sun-drenched satire that is his most entertaining and blistering novel to date.
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