I'm currently reading SQUEEZE ME by Carl Hiaasen.

[raccoon]

The novel is set in southern Florida, of course and it has the usual cast of flaky eccentric characters. The president and first lady in the book, who he calls by their secret service code names, Mastodon for him and Mockingbird for her, own a place in Palm Beach.

I’m about a hundred pages into it. So far, so good. I needed something light.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Finished that one a couple weeks ago - I love Hiaasen!

This one is just as deranged as the others, with the addition of a Trump character.

[SheltieLover]

2. Is it humorous?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. All of his books are humorous - more often hilarious.

He presents absurd situations as satire on a lot of things - especially Florida, but general politics and corporate greed as well.

[SheltieLover]

4. Ty so much!

I've been hunting for a new author.

[MLAA]

8. His books make me laugh out loud.

[Chainfire]

6. I beg to differ

Some are more deranged than the others. I can't recall the title but the one where the guys limbs rotted off one at the time was weird even for Hiaasen.

I think have read all of his books up to maybe five years ago.

[yankeepants]

5. My brother and SIL are reading this now. I have to wait for the hand-me-down book.

We love Carl Hiaasen. We have read and shared all of his books!

[dhill926]

7. on the list for when it comes out in paperback....

as most probably know, he's also a fantastic columnist for the Miami Herald.

[MLAA]

9. I just ordered it paperback from amazon....thought after ordering

I realized it is large print. But who cares it’s a new Carl Hiassen!

[dhill926]

10. ah...good to know...thx...

[yellowdogintexas]

11. Have any of you read his young readers novels?

They are a lot of fun.

Chomp, Scat, Flush, Hoot, Squirm, and Skink No Surrender

So far I have read Chomp and Flush. At least one of them won a Newbury Award.

It is totally because of Hiaasen that I can not resist a book set in South Florida.

If you can find it check out "Naked Came The Manatee", a serial novel written by writers from South Florida. Each one writes a chapter, and pretty much takes the story off on a new wild tangent.
The first chapter was written by Dave Barry. Hiaasen, Edna Buchanan, Elmore Leonard and others also have chapters.

[Paladin]

12. Talented authors can write the same book, over and over again.

Hiaasen is one of those authors. And I say that as someone who had read just about all of his entertaining novels.