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Book Review of Strip Tease

Strip Tease
Strip Tease
Author: Carl Hiaasen
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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A strip joint near Ft. Lauderdale is the site of the latest fiasco involving Congressman David "I should never be around naked women" Dilbeck. He is up for reelection this year and he is stuck deep in the pockets of the most powerful sugar growers in FL, men who prefer their impropriety scandal-free. When Dilbeck receives an almost well-meaning blackmail threat after his strip tease misstep, it doesn't take much to turn the situation uncontrollably murderous. Suspense combines with razor-sharp wit in a wildly inventive, high-speed tale of greed & political corruption. It's the kind of novel Carl Hiaasen does better than anyone else writing today & in Strip Tease he does it better than he's ever done it before.