About this title: Originally published in "The Miami Herald", this comic novel of suspense was penned serially by 13 writers associated with Florida. The authors, including Elmore Leonard, Dave Barry, and Edna Buchanan, each added a chapter before passing along the manuscript to the next in line.
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Description: New York: Putnam's 1996 First Edition 1st printing 201 pages, 5 3/4 x 8 1/2, hardcover in dust jacket CONDITION: VERY GOOD, spine with moderate to heavy slant o/w very good condition in fine dj NOTES-A threaded novel with chapters by Carl Hiaasen, Elmore Leonard, Dave Barry, James W. Hall, Edna Buchanan, Les Standiford, Paul Levine, Brian Antoni, Tananarive Due, John Dufresne, Vicki Hendricks, Carolina Hospital, Evelyn Mayerson. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780399141928ISBN:0399141928
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780399141928ISBN:0399141928
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
Description: Very good. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
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Description: Very good. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Very good. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Very good. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
"3.5 stars for this wildly uneven unique hodgepodge story that at times lacks story logic and continuity even within chapters but provides a riproaring tale in the vein of all the authors included!"
"It was a good idea that flopped in my opinion. I love Hiaasen's fast paced wit...this book didn't have that. The overall plot seemed like him but the execution was lacking. I guess that's what happens when you have so many authors."
"The premise here -- that a bevy of great Florida authors would each write a chapter to create a fun Florida thriller -- just didn't really work in reality. The plot ended up too choppy and there were way too many characters to keep up with (probably because just about every writer had to introduce a new one instead of developing what they were given). I did like what the valuable and dangerous item, which everyone was fighting over, turned out to be. In that sense it was a very Florida book. I also got a kick out of Carl Hiaasen's final chapter in which he not-so-subtley takes some of the other writers to task for attributing many human emotions to a manatee. This just barely made the 2-star rating for me. I had to force myself to finish it."
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