It hurt to read the early books due to the side splitting pain from laughing so long and hard. Carl weaves a great story about bass fishing in florida and louisiana. Double whammy is the second novel hiaasen wrote without a collaborator. A miami herald reporter who struck a blow against corrupt entrepreneurs in tourist season, hiaasen follows through with this acid satire, a real double whammy. His first novel, tourist season,was published in 1986 and named one of the ten best destination reads of all time by gq magazine. Chicago turabian author date citation style guide hiaasen, carl. Reviewed in the united kingdom on february 17, 2014.
The book introduced the character of skink clinton tyree, who becomes a recurring character in hiaasens subsequent novels. Double whammy by carl hiaasen 1988, hardcover for sale. The mans voice was deep and wet, like mud slipping down a drain. The protagonist, a private investigator, is hired to expose a celebrity bass fisherman as a cheat and is drawn into a frameup for murder. Chicago turabian humanities citation style guide hiaasen, carl, double whammy. His books about florida, where i grew up, are comedic response to the overdevelopment of the state. He is the author of two novels for young readers, the newly released flush and hoot, which was awarded a. Watch a look back at 2017 with dave barry and carl hiaasen. There is great literature and then there is great audible. Books for grownups carl hiaasens official web site. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Double whammy skink book 1 kindle edition by hiaasen, carl. Carl djd an episode of paperback writers on bbcs radio 6. See the complete skink series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles.
Carl hiaasen is a well known conservationist and this shows in his all of his novels in his colorful descriptions of floridas physical attributes, the wetlands, waterways and the tropical climate. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading double whammy skink book 1. Buy a cheap copy of double whammy book by carl hiaasen. About double whammy follow the adventures of a newsphotographerturnedprivateeye as he seeks truth, justice, and an affair with his exwife the new york times in this hilarious caper from bestselling author carl hiaasen. Carl hiaasen 11 books, basket case, double whammy, lucky you, native tongue, nature girl, sick puppy, skin tight, skinny dip, stormy weather, strip tease and tourist season. Thanks to a sportsmans scam thats anything but sportsmanlike, theres a body floating in coon bog, florida and a lot thats rotten in the murky waters of bigstakes, largemouth bass tournaments. Thanks to a sportsmans scam thats anything but sportsmanlike, theres a body floating in coon bog, florida. Double whammy quotes showing 19 of 9 you from the irs. Everything that happens is outrageous and the outrageousness steadily increases as the story unfolds.
Digital rights management drm the publisher has supplied this book in encrypted form, which means that you need to install free software in order to unlock and read it. He also writes a regular column for the miami herald. Double whammy skink book 1 kindle edition by carl hiaasen. He is the author of nineteen novels, including skinny dip, sick puppy, stormy weather, basket case, and, for young readers, flush and hoot. Quite a boring subject matter, unless you are into fishing. Decker has a i have never read a hiaasen novel where the characters are not larger than life, and in a very unique way amazingly real. It was published in 1987 and introduces the recurring character.
Decker, star tenant of the local trailer park and neophyte private eye is. Double whammy mass market paperback march 1, 1989 by carl hiaasen author. Carl hiaasen turned his hand to fiction in the early eighties. Naturally i would, having lived in the keys for 5 years. Also available in hardback, isbn 97803992971 and 0399297x, paperback, isbn 9780446695664 and 0446695661, and audio book no isbn available. Thanks to a sportsmans scam thats anything but sportsmanlike, theres a body floating in coon bog, floridaand a lot thats rotten in the murky waters of bigstakes, largemouth bass tournaments. I have recently turned my avid reading husband onto mr. Carl hiaasen, has several books on the approved list, but one of his novels double whammy was. He usually gives one of the bad guys a bizarre situation to get through, and double whammy is no different. Someone is cheating at bass fishing competitions, and people are getting killed. For while the double whammy is the lure, first prize is for the most ingenious murder. Who is the main character in double whammy by carl hiaasen. Double whammy skink, book 1 by carl hiaasen book cover, description, publication history.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. He is an opponent of sprawl and development, and partakes of. I ended up learning more about bayou fishing than i thought possible given my near total lack of interest in the sport. Double whammy twists and turns with breathtaking speed. Banned in texas carl s novel double whammy is now forbidden in texas prisons. Double whammy is a dark comedy by writer carl hiaasen. Carl hiaasen, double whammy, signed, 1st edition, 1st. There may be underlining, highlighting, and or writing. Buy double whammy by carl hiaasen online at alibris. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read double whammy. Few would argue with the observation that carl hiaasen s writing displays a take no prisoners tone when it. Decker, star tenant of the local trailer park and neophyte private eye, is fishing for a killer. Double whammy is genuinely funny all the way through.
After stormy weather i decided i want to delve more into the background of captain skink, the most interesting character in the book, so i went back to his debut in double whammy. Decker, star tenant of the local trailer park and neophyte priv. Bad monkey by carl hiaasen, razor girl by carl hiaasen, tourist season by carl hiaasen, double whammy by carl hiaasen, hoot by. The double whammy is a special lure used in the competitive bass fishing underlying the plot of this thriller by miami journalist hiaasen the tourist season. Not knowing anything about fishing, decker turns to an eccentric recluse to help him with the case.
Thanks to a sportsmans scam thats anything but sportsmanlike, theres a body floating in coon bog, florida and a lot thats rotten in the murky waters of. Double whammy who is dickie lockhart from double whammy and what is their importance. Thanks to a sportsmans scam thats anything but sportsmanlike. Decker is hired to investigate a bizarre multimillion dollar racket in the professional bass fishing circuit i. Double whammy skink, book 1 by carl hiaasen fantastic fiction. Decker is a downonhisluck private investigator that is hired to catch a cheating bass fisherman.
The skink book series by carl hiaasen includes books double whammy, native tongue, stormy weather, and several more. This detailed literature summary also contains topics for discussion and a free quiz on double whammy by carl hiaasen. Decker, star tenant of the local trailer park and neophyte private eye is fishing for a killer. In razor girl, carl hiaasen s new novel, when lane coolmans car is bashed from behind on the road to the florida keys, what appears to be an ordinary accident is anything but. Decker is hired to prove that tv host dickie lockhart cheats to. The protagonist, a private investigator, is hired to expose a celebrity bass fisherman as a cheat and is drawn. Double whammy by carl hiaasen 2018, paperback for sale. He is the author of five other bestselling novels, double whammy, skin tight. Behind the wheel of the other car is merry mansfieldthe eponymous razor girland the crash scam is only. Double whammy was one of the first in a line of every book for adults that he has written. Skink, is a fictional character who has appeared in several novels by carl hiaasen, beginning with double whammy in 1987. Rj decker is hired by dennis gault to provide incriminating evidence against a suspected cheating bass fisherman. May not include supplemental items like discs, access codes, dust jacket, etc.
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