Book: Fever Beach

 Book: Fever Beach

Author: Carl Hiassen

Pages: 384

This is my 238th read for the year

What Amazon Says:

Welcome to Fever Beach, where the sun blazes, the politicis are unhinged, and the characters are as volatile as a summer storm.  Dale Figgo is a half-baked crusader with the rare distinction of being kicked out of the Proud Boys - for being too dumb.  His latest bad decision?  Picking up a hitchhiker on a rainy afternoon while running an errand.  That errand sets off a chain reaction involving Viva Morales, a clever, resilient newcomer trying to rebuild her life post-divorce.  She's renting a room in Figgo's apartment and working at the Mink Foundation - a philanthropic front with something far darker beneath the surface.  Circling them is Twilly Spree, a hothead environmentalist with too much cash and a gift for over-the-top revenge.  When dark money and twisted motives bring their worlds crashing together, Viva and Twilly become unlikely allies.  Together, the uncover a tangle of corruption and consipracy led by a plastic-surgery-loving billionaire couple and a clueless c ongressman with delusions of grandeur.  In his most outrageous and deliciously funny novel yet, Hiassen delivers a gleefully chaotic portrait of contemporary madness.

This was another great installment for a Hiassen book.  Always amusing, and a favorite author in our house, this book did not disappoint.  There are the usual enormous amount of characters, and since this book was from 2025, it has a lot of timely news to parody off of.  Hiassen is not lacking for material these days in his highly left leaning books.  If you want to read a story where they poke good fun and a bananas story about people in Florida - check this one out.

Stars: 4