“Although some say the satire practically writes itself in this state, Hiaasen raises it to a higher level. One caveat, though: Unless you have an intravenous drip of blood pressure meds, you might want to read just a few of these columns at a time.”
—Tampa Bay Times
“Hiaasen doesn’t really need to keep his day job as a columnist for the Miami Herald, but fortunately for the residents of Florida and for his vast readership, he has…. The state of Florida does not come off too well in Hiaasen’s columns, but one welcome positive of the Sunshine State is obvious—Carl Hiaasen.”
—The Free-Lance Star (Fredericksburg, VA)
“Hiaasen makes this parade of idiocy and avarice palatable with a kind of gallows humor. The more appalling the situation, the greater the potential for hilarity…. He is not so much stridently liberal as steadfastly sensible, his wit girded by palpable anger.”
—The Post and Courier (Charleston)
“Hiaasen employs a seasoned bullshit detector that is among the most acute in American journalism. … If Florida is the poster child for a nation’s fiscal and political disintegration, Hiaasen is the state’s galloping knight (in)errant, slaying the dragons of ineptitude, arrogance and idiocy.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“Entertaining…. Hilarious and unnerving … for Hiaasen’s ability to awaken outrage and for his eye for oddity.”
—Booklist
Praise for Carl Hiaasen’s previous column collections, Paradise Screwed and Kick Ass
“Shows you that Hiaasen’s seemingly implausible fictional premises aren’t really far-fetched at all. He just knows Florida.”
—Playboy
“Reminiscent of the snarky, opinionated newspaper articles of the great Mark Twain, Hiaasen’s columns are finely crafted little gems.”
—Booklist
“Lively and well-reported … Illuminated by all the wit and keen descriptive powers of his fiction.”
—Salon
