{"product_id":"fever-beach-hardcover","title":"Fever Beach - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarl Hiaasen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnother instant classic from Carl Hiaasen--laugh-out-loud funny, tackling the current chaotic and polarized American culture (following in the path of \u003ci\u003eSqueeze Me\u003c\/i\u003e), with two wonderful Hiaasen heroes\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The afternoon of September first, dishwater-gray and rainy, a man named Dale Figgo picked up a hitchhiker on Gus Grissom Boulevard in Tangelo Shores, Florida. The hitchhiker, who reminded Figgo of Danny DeVito, asked for a lift to the interstate. Figgo said he'd take him there after finishing an errand.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThus begins \u003ci\u003eFever Beach, \u003c\/i\u003ewith an errand that leads--in pure Hiaasen-style--into the depths of Florida at its most Floridian: a sun-soaked bastion of right-wing extremism, white power, greed, and corruption. Figgo, it turns out, is the only hate-monger ever to be kicked out of the Proud Boys for being too dumb and incompetent. On January 6, 2021 he thought he was defacing a statue of Ulysses S. Grant, but he wound up spreading feces all over a statue of James Zacharia George, a Civil War Confederate war leader. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFiggo's already messy life is about to get more complicated, thanks to two formidable adversaries. Viva Morales is a newly transplanted Floridian, a clever woman recently taken to the cleaners by her ex-husband, now working at the Mink Foundation, a supposedly philanthropic organization, and renting a room in Figgo's apartment because there's no place else she can afford. Twilly Spree has an anger management problem, especially when it comes to those who deface the environment, and way too many inherited millions of dollars. He's living alone a year after his dog died, two years after he sank a city councilman's party barge, and three years after his divorce. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eViva and Twilly are plunged into a mystery--involving dark money and darker motives--they are determined to solve, and become entangled in a world populated by some of Hiaasen's most outrageous characters: Claude and Electra Mink--billionaire philanthropists with way too much plastic surgery and a secret right-wing agenda--and Congressman Clure Boyette--who dreams of being Florida's (and maybe America's) most important politician. The only things standing in his way are his love for hookers and young girls, and his total lack of intelligence. We meet Noel Kristianson--a Scandinavian agnostic injured when Figgo thinks he's a Jewish threat to humanity and runs him over with his car; Jonas Onus--Figgo's partner in white power idiocy; and many, many more. Hiaasen ties them all together and delivers them to their appropriate fates, in his wildest and most entertaining novel to date.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCARL HIAASEN was born and raised in Florida. He is the author of fourteen previous novels, including the bestsellers \u003ci\u003eSqueeze Me\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRazor Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStar Island\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNature Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSkinny Dip\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSick Puppy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLucky You\u003c\/i\u003e, and seven bestselling children's books, \u003ci\u003eHoot\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFlush\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eScat\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChomp\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSkink\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSquirm\u003c\/i\u003e. His novel, BAD MONKEY, was recently adapted into a hit series on Apple TV+ starring Vince Vaughn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 9.3 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 13, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987368476973,"sku":"9780593320945","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/6OWTWGPf1B9780593320945.webp?v=1776178303","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/fever-beach-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}