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Skinny Dip

Carl Hiaasen

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Skinny Dip is by Carl Hiaasen, and I had read a previous novel by him named, I believe, Sick Puppy; and he is extremely funny, very entertaining, and yet he's addressing very serious issues of land use and greed. He is writing about a farming corporation, which not only is treating the farm workers very badly, but the farm employer - the farm owner is circumventing environmental laws, specifically the use of fertilizers, by hiring someone with a biology degree who doesn't care at all about the environment. His characters are very funny. They're types, but they're very funny. He doesn't - they're almost - well, for example, the policeman is a man from Minnesota who wants to go back, but he keeps snakes in his apartment. And his neighbors are terrified, and the policeman's description of why he likes owning snakes is that, "In return for food and shelter they give me unconditional indifference." It's one of a variety of novels where he takes on some of the same issues, and if you've liked - if you like this one, there are others to read also. I would give this book a four because he covers many, many, many issues and many types of people very - in a very palatable way. I - why wouldn't I give it a five? I guess because the characters are a little to close to being stereotypes. Especially the villains. That would be what would be missing for me.