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Tourist Season
Tourist Season
Author: Carl Hiaasen
Take a trip to exotic South Florida with this ?dark, funny book?* that established Carl Hiaasen as one of the top mystery writers in the game. — The first sign of trouble is a Shriner's fez washed up on a Miami beach. The next is a suitcase containing the almost-legless body of the local chamber of commerce president found floating in a canal. . ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780399587146
ISBN-10: 0399587144
Publication Date: 10/18/2016
Pages: 272
Rating:
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
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5 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: Berkley
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Audio Cassette
Members Wishing: 0
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albannapoleon avatar reviewed Tourist Season on + 19 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 7
I am from Florida and can relate to the settings that Carl Hiaasen sets for this book. You should know that the audience for the book is upper teens to adults. Don't get this book if you are looking for a "Hoot" type book for your child. I loved the book and thought that there were many funny parts in it. Kept me reading on my long flight overseas.
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Helpful Score: 3
The best Hiaasen book going
daedelys avatar reviewed Tourist Season on + 1218 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
This was another wonderful, in-depth read by this author. I love how he can make his characters and the plot very complex even though it's just a stand-alone book. An excellent read with humor and action.
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Helpful Score: 2
I got this book to replace the one I bought originally, when it was first published. I've now read Topurist Season 3 times, have loaned it out innumerable times, and shall re-read it periodically. Obviously, it's one of my favorites, and Hiaasen is one of my favorite authors.

Anyone who can appreciate Will Rogers' humor ("There ought to be one day - just one - when there is open season on senators...") would naturally appreciate a Florida native son's plea for an open season on tourists.
WaterOtter avatar reviewed Tourist Season on + 17 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Hilarious! -- MMP
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daedelys avatar reviewed Tourist Season on + 1218 more book reviews
This was another wonderful, in-depth read by this author. I love how he can make his characters and the plot very complex even though it's just a stand-alone book. An excellent read with humor and action.
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Enjoyed this like i have his other books but it seemed to drag at times and was a bit dark even for an author who can kill someone yet still find a way to make it seem funny.
Leesa-Dee avatar reviewed Tourist Season on + 48 more book reviews
These anti-development terrorists start killing tourists in Florida. Their plan is to frighten people so much that they go back to where the came from: New York, Iowa, all the cold, snowy places people fled from to begin with. The terrorists want to return Florida to the natural paradise it was before it was developed.

So that's the premise of this book. We get to read about the murder of an old, helpless woman who was snatched while walking her little dog. Her crime: retiring to Florida. Her punishment: being fed alive to a crocodile.

I hated this book. It was just too callous and mean for me.
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Living in Florida, working at a theme park, Carl's work hits home for me. I love his humor, a little trashy in all the right places, definitely "R" rated. Great departure..
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A real fun book to read.
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Fabulous read!
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frankly, i am stunned that this fabulous book has languished here as long as it has ... Tourist Season is Carl Hiaasen at his rollicking best.


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