Stormy weather
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [1995].
ISBN
0446603422, 9780446603423
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St. Charles Public Library District - Adult Fiction | FIC HIAASEN | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [1995].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
388 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
ISBN
0446603422, 9780446603423
Notes
Description
When a ferocious hurricane rips through Southern Florida, the con artists and carpetbaggers waste no time swarming over the disaster area. Among the predators are Edie Marsh, an entrepreneurial young woman whose scheme to sleep with a Palm Beach Kennedy has fizzled, freeing her to concoct a colossal insurance rip-off; Lester Maddox Parsons, a murderous ex-con whose violent encounter with a game warden has left him with the fitting nickname of "Snapper"; and Avila, a crooked building inspector-turned-roofer, who dabbles somewhat unsuccessfully in the occult. Caught in the middle are Max and Bonnie Lamb, newlyweds torn in wildly different directions by the storm. It is Max's fateful decision to abort their Disney World honeymoon and race to Dade County to see the terrible devastation. Armed with a video camera, the ambitious young advertising executive can't wait to show his hurricane tapes to his buddies back in New York. Over Bonnie's objections, Max eagerly sets out through the rubble, debris, and mayhem -- and promptly vanishes. The only clue to his whereabouts: a runaway monkey. But there's also a man called Skink who has devoted his very strange existence to saving Florida from the kinds of people blown in by the hurricane. It is he, crazed and determined, who prowls the swath of the storm and forever changes the lives of Max, Bonnie, Edie, and the others. Their paths -- tangled before they even know it -- come together in a novel that continues the hilarious and scathing muckraking tradition that Carl Hiaasen has so mercilessly made his own. In Stormy Weather, there is no calm eye.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Hiaasen, C. (1995). Stormy weather . Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hiaasen, Carl. 1995. Stormy Weather. Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hiaasen, Carl. Stormy Weather Alfred A. Knopf, 1995.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Hiaasen, Carl. Stormy Weather Alfred A. Knopf, 1995.
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