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Basket Case

By Carl Hiaasen

By Carl Hiaasen

By Carl Hiaasen

By Carl Hiaasen

By Carl Hiaasen
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By Carl Hiaasen
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By Carl Hiaasen
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By Carl Hiaasen
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Aug 13, 2013 | ISBN 9780345806536

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Jan 08, 2002 | ISBN 9780375414411

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Apr 30, 2013 | 609 Minutes

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    About Basket Case

    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A rollicking and hilarious novel from the bestselling author of Squeeze Me and “Florida’s most entertainingly indignant social critic” (New York Times Book Review).

    Jack Tagger’s years in exile at the obituaries desk of a South Florida daily haven’t dulled his investigative reporter’s nose for a good story. When Jimmy Stoma, the infamous front man of Jimmy and the Slut Puppies, dies in a fishy scuba accident, Jack sees his ticket back to page one—if only he can figure out what really happened. Standing in his way are, just for starters, his ambitious young editor, who hasn’t yet fired anyone but plans to “break her cherry” on Jack; the rock star’s pop-singer widow, who’s using the occasion of her husband’s death to relaunch her own career; and the soulless, profit-hungry owner of the newspaper, whom Jack once publicly humiliated at a stockholders’ meeting. Following clues from the late rock singer’s own music, Jack tries to unravel the lies surrounding Jimmy Stoma’s strange fate.

    About Basket Case

    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A rollicking and hilarious novel from the bestselling author of Squeeze Me and “Florida’s most entertainingly indignant social critic” (New York Times Book Review).

    Jack Tagger’s years in exile at the obituaries desk of a South Florida daily haven’t dulled his investigative reporter’s nose for a good story. When Jimmy Stoma, the infamous front man of Jimmy and the Slut Puppies, dies in a fishy scuba accident, Jack sees his ticket back to page one—if only he can figure out what really happened. Standing in his way are, just for starters, his ambitious young editor, who hasn’t yet fired anyone but plans to “break her cherry” on Jack; the rock star’s pop-singer widow, who’s using the occasion of her husband’s death to relaunch her own career; and the soulless, profit-hungry owner of the newspaper, whom Jack once publicly humiliated at a stockholders’ meeting. Following clues from the late rock singer’s own music, Jack tries to unravel the lies surrounding Jimmy Stoma’s strange fate.

    About Basket Case

    Once a hotshot investigative reporter, Jack Tagger now bangs out obituaries for a South Florida daily, “plotting to resurrect my newspaper career by yoking my byline to some famous stiff.” Jimmy Stoma, the infamous front man of Jimmy and the Slut Puppies, dead in a fishy-smelling scuba “accident,” might be the stiff of Jack’s dreams—if only he can figure out what happened.

    Standing in the way are (among others) his ambitious young editor, who hasn’t yet fired anyone but plans to “break her cherry” on Jack; the rock star’s pop-singer widow, who’s using the occasion of her husband’s death to re-launch her own career; and the soulless, profit-hungry owner of the newspaper, whom Jack once publicly humiliated at a stockholders’ meeting.

    With clues from the dead rock singer’s music, Jack ultimately unravels Jimmy Stoma’s strange fate—in a hilariously hard-won triumph for muckraking journalism, and for the death-obsessed obituary writer himself.

    “Always be halfway prepared” is Jack Tagger’s motto—and it’s more than enough to guarantee a wickedly funny, brilliantly entertaining novel from Carl Hiaasen.

    About Basket Case

    Once a hotshot investigative reporter, Jack Tagger now bangs out obituaries for a South Florida daily, “plotting to resurrect my newspaper career by yoking my byline to some famous stiff.” Jimmy Stoma, the infamous front man of Jimmy and the Slut Puppies, dead in a fishy-smelling scuba “accident,” might be the stiff of Jack’s dreams—if only he can figure out what happened.

    Standing in the way are (among others) his ambitious young editor, who hasn’t yet fired anyone but plans to “break her cherry” on Jack; the rock star’s pop-singer widow, who’s using the occasion of her husband’s death to re-launch her own career; and the soulless, profit-hungry owner of the newspaper, whom Jack once publicly humiliated at a stockholders’ meeting.

    With clues from the dead rock singer’s music, Jack ultimately unravels Jimmy Stoma’s strange fate—in a hilariously hard-won triumph for muckraking journalism, and for the death-obsessed obituary writer himself.

    “Always be halfway prepared” is Jack Tagger’s motto—and it’s more than enough to guarantee a wickedly funny, brilliantly entertaining novel from Carl Hiaasen.

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    About Carl Hiaasen

    CARL HIAASEN was born and raised in Florida. He is the author of fourteen previous novels, including the bestsellers Squeeze Me, Razor Girl, Bad Monkey, Star Island, Nature Girl, Skinny Dip, Sick Puppy, and Lucky You, and six bestselling children’s books, Hoot, Flush, Scat, Chomp, Skink, and Squirm. His most recent work of nonfiction… More about Carl Hiaasen

    About Carl Hiaasen

    CARL HIAASEN was born and raised in Florida. He is the author of fourteen previous novels, including the bestsellers Squeeze Me, Razor Girl, Bad Monkey, Star Island, Nature Girl, Skinny Dip, Sick Puppy, and Lucky You, and six bestselling children’s books, Hoot, Flush, Scat, Chomp, Skink, and Squirm. His most recent work of nonfiction… More about Carl Hiaasen

    About Carl Hiaasen

    CARL HIAASEN was born and raised in Florida. He is the author of fourteen previous novels, including the bestsellers Squeeze Me, Razor Girl, Bad Monkey, Star Island, Nature Girl, Skinny Dip, Sick Puppy, and Lucky You, and six bestselling children’s books, Hoot, Flush, Scat, Chomp, Skink, and Squirm. His most recent work of nonfiction… More about Carl Hiaasen

    About Carl Hiaasen

    CARL HIAASEN was born and raised in Florida. He is the author of fourteen previous novels, including the bestsellers Squeeze Me, Razor Girl, Bad Monkey, Star Island, Nature Girl, Skinny Dip, Sick Puppy, and Lucky You, and six bestselling children’s books, Hoot, Flush, Scat, Chomp, Skink, and Squirm. His most recent work of nonfiction… More about Carl Hiaasen

    Product Details

    Category: Noir Novels | Suspense & Thriller

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
    Aug 13, 2013 | 336 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780345806536

    Category: Noir Novels | Suspense & Thriller

    Ebook | $13.99
    Published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
    Jan 08, 2002 | 336 Pages | 6-1/4 x 9-1/4 | ISBN 9780375414411

    Category: Noir Novels | Suspense & Thriller | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $20.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Apr 30, 2013 | 609 Minutes | ISBN 9780804149051

    Category: Noir Novels | Suspense & Thriller | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $12.95
    Published by Random House Audio
    Jan 02, 2002 | 305 Minutes | ISBN 9780553755459

    Praise

    “[A] rollickingly comic and suspenseful adventure.”
        —Los Angeles Times

    “Fresh and juicy … A sunny delight.”
        —Entertainment Weekly

    “As delicious as ever … [Hiaasen is] a master of the comic crime novel.”
        —People
     
    “Hiaasen delivers a culpable caper that’s a pleasurable hit.”
        —USA Today

    “A riot … It’s one thing to be twisted and funny. It’s quite another to manage twisted, funny, and serious…. Hiaasen consistently juggles the heavy with the light.”
        —Detroit News

    “Frisky…. The real music here is Mr. Hiaasen’s self-assured banter.”
        —The New York Times

    “Riled, righteous, and rip-roaring funny … Hiaasen’s novels ought to bear the warning label: may be hazardous to your sides. They may split.”
       —New York Newsday

    “[Hiaasen] is head and shoulders above the rest…. Straight crime fiction with a biting, satiric edge, and it proves what his hardcore fans have known for a long time—he is, at heart, simply a great storyteller and a better writer.”
        —Charleston Post and Courier

    “Great good fun … Basket Case is typical Hiaasen. In other words, it’s wildly hyperbolic, with lots of digs at South Florida’s zany lifestyle and (in this case) a total smearing of corporate journalism.”
        —St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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