Book description
Richard's cousin is missing, and his best hope of finding her rests with the wily, one-eyed, ex-governor of Florida. Carl Hiaasen introduces his iconic character Skink to a younger audience in this nail-biting adventure!
A National Book Award Longlist Selection
Classic Malley: her parents are about to ship…
Why read it?
1 author picked Skink as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This was one of Hiaasen’s early books before he made it big time. Even though it is a crime book, the chuckles I derived in almost every chapter were hilarious.
Living in South Florida myself, I enjoyed the descriptions of the area and believed the crazy people in this book were actually based on people here.
You want to say: “it can’t be that people act this way” but living here, I have seen it.
From Jorge's list on The best Florida-based crime books that reflect how criminals gravitate to this state.
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