- Taschenbuch: 416 Seiten
- Verlag: Grand Central Publishing; Auflage: Reprint (1. März 2001)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0446677167
- ISBN-13: 978-0446677165
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 13,3 x 2,9 x 20,3 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.2 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (33 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 2.032.875 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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If you share Carl Hiaasen's view of southern Florida as a "culture in terminal moral hemorrhage," then it's hard not to see a hurricane as a form of biblical revenge--nature taking a little of its own back from the neon jungle. The problem, however, as Hiaasen shows us in his latest novel, set in the days immediately following Hurricane Andrew, is that Florida's mutant forms of human sleaze have the survival instincts of cockroaches. Like carpetbaggers descending on the post^-Civil War South, the con artists, looters, and thrill seekers who emerge in Andrew's aftermath bring a new and virulent form of pestilence to an already ravaged landscape. Hiaasen follows the activities of a typically bizarre group of hurricane scammers: a can-do girl who, frustrated in her attempts to sleep with a Kennedy, hopes to perpetrate an insurance scam; her deformed, ex-con partner, the archetypal loose cannon; a Madison Avenue advertising executive intent on videotaping the carnage to amuse the guys back at the office; and a crooked building examiner who approved many of the substandard houses that Andrew summarily blew away. Swirling around this dangerous though hysterically inept bunch is the enigmatic Skink, ex-governor turned hermit and avenging angel. Committed to a radical "pest control" plan, Skink, who has surfaced in previous Hiaasen adventures, drives the action with a deranged yet altruistic frenzy. Combining slapstick nightmare, black comedy, and moral outrage in just the right proportions, Hiaasen's surrealistic vision of Florida on the brink of Armageddon bears comparison to Nathanael West's Hollywood and Malcolm Lowry's Mexico. Bill Ott
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Take one devastating Florida hurricane, a New York couple on their honeymoon, a skull-juggling but sensitive guy, one former governor turned Everglades hermit, two small-time con artists, a corrupt building inspector, two state troopers, a hapless insurance agent, and what do you have? The recipe for Hiaasen's (Native Tongue, LJ 9/1/91) sixth novel, a delightful romp that is by turns hilarious and moving. These strange characters maneuver through a broken landscape as if born to it, and the author's control of both style and narrative keeps the novel from slipping into silliness. The crimes plotted are minor aspects of a fiction that explores the intersection of the grotesque and the human. Buy wherever good fiction is read.
-?A.J. Wright, Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham
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-?A.J. Wright, Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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ON AUGUST 23, THE DAY before the hurricane struck, Max and Bonnie Lamb awoke early, made love twice and rode the shuttle bus to Disney World. Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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I tend to read more 'highbrow literature' than beach books, and when I descend a tier or two, I usually find myself reading Elmore Leonard and Douglas Adams novels, which in my opinion, are a more than decent bridge between Haute Reading and Hedonistic Reading. (As an aside, I honestly can't think of any author who writes better dialogue than Leonard since Shakespeare.)
However, I have discovered a third author (Hiaasen) to match Leonard and Adams, and now have a triumvirate of authors to bring with me on future vacations. I guess my discovery is a little late in the making, but two things have prevented me from reading Hiaasen in the past. Number one was the film "Striptease." Number two was the marketing of Hiaasen's stories; someone at Knopf is convinced that Hiaasen's books should be packaged to resemble Caprisun drinks, and I have always, unfortunately, judged his books by their covers.
"Stormy Weather" was my first Hiaasen read, and I'm not sure storytelling gets any better than this. One of the knocks against Hiaasen is that his characters are a little TOO zany; that the plots are too muddled with unbelievability. However, if I wanted to experience stories that are as 'real' as life itself, I would just go down to the grocery store and study the air-conditioned ennui of shoppers picking through the produce section.
Hiaasen is a highly-intelligent humorist; indeed, as some have dubbed him, "the Twain of the crime novel." He owns Florida's culture and underbelly unlike any other author, and he makes you believe that his Florida, in fact, IS Florida: a phallic-shaped, theme-park kingdom filled with Captain Ahab-like former governors roaming the Everglades; hideously-deformed malcontents who ne'er think twice of taking human life; insipid insurance and motor homes salesmen; busty, brainy vixens; and the occasional skull-juggling gentleman of independent means.
His language is simple and easy-going, but the occasional reference to T.S. Eliot and Henry Miller lets the intelligent reader know there's a solid backbone beneath the pliant, palm tree prose.
Stormy Weather itself is entertaining, but at the same time environmentally thought-provoking. And Hiaasen's character Skink (whom he brings back in later books) is his own personal vigilante. It is sad to think that Florida, such a beautiful state at one time, has become a Plastic Flamingo. And nothing can probably be done to stop, or even stunt, its destruction by human greed. But Skink does what he can, and so does his Creator.
A great read; indeed, an imperative read for anyone interested in contemporary storytelling.
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As a native Floridian, I love Carl's books because so much of what he writes really hits home. I REMEMBER when the birds and monkeys were out loose after the hurricane! You may think he's making this stuff up, but it's scary how much is REAL! I also secretly like to see the tourists get messed with. Sweet revenge! Hilarious, sick fun!
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Few books have the comedic strength to make a reader laugh out loud. Kurt Vonnegut's "Breakfast of Champions" is one, and Carl Hiassen's "Stormy Weather" is another.
Powerful, lasting humor exists in the truth between the laughs. Both Vonnegut and Hiassen have the ability to hold up a mirror to our oftentimes jaded and opportunistic society; a mirror that reflects so brilliantly and accurately that we cannot help but laugh, and laugh hard.
There are passages, images in this book that send me into giggles even now, a year after I closed the cover on this book.
Hiassen is an astute, often hilariously angry observer that believes that human beings are capable of far better things than our everyday, moneygrubbing actions may indicate. Beneath Hiassen's social skepticism, there is a love for both Mother Nature, and the compassionate humanity that binds us uniquely together.
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Ein Riesenspaß!
Dies war meine erste Erfahrung mit Hiaasen, aber es wird wahrhaftig nicht die letzte sein! In diesem Buch trifft man die verrücktesten Charaktere, denen noch verrücktere... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 24. August 2007 von kwauzi
Dark Satire of Thieves, Scam Artists and Ghouls
If a hurricane doesn't do enough damage, the human scum that grows on the surface of the resulting troubles will make it infinitely worse. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 27. März 2007 von Donald Mitchell
Nothing new but filled with funny moments
I love his work but must say that he was been beating a dead crocodile in Stormy Weather. The timing is just not there. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 8. August 2005 von Markus Hohmann
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dear sirs,
excuse me, but why haven't you posted my review of Carl Hiaasen's Stormy Weather. I submitted it over a week ago.
thank you,
arik berglund (auggiebjorn@aol.com)
Am 26. Juni 2000 veröffentlicht
fast, funny, breathtaking
Ein Thriller der nächsten Generation! Verdammt britischer Humor für einen Yankee!
Am 2. Juni 2000 veröffentlicht
Weather-Beaten
Hiaasen got plenty of vicarious exposure thanks to Demi Moore's STRIPTEASE act. And like the former story, SW is steeped in dark humor and peopled by mumbingly grotesque... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 16. Mai 2000 von Tim Peeler
Utterly brilliant
This is one of the best crime thrillers I've ever read -- like all great crime novels, it transcends the genre by being such a wonderful example of it. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 19. Januar 2000 von Thomas S. Roche
A breath of fresh air
I was introduced to this book two weeks before my finals for my degree. Needless to say I ignored it completely. For all of two minutes. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 14. Januar 2000 von John Barry
Really a grate Book. It was a joy to read.
This book has an any thing goes idea to it. I can't see any one not liking this book, It has it all people geting shot, Big storms, I nut who use to be govener of the state of... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 9. November 1999 veröffentlicht
I Didn't Want it to End
As a Florida resident, I can surely attest that the craziness demonstrated in this book is a fact! Hiassen is a master at capturing our insane little world and making it... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 23. Oktober 1999 von "jennlovesani"
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