Carl hiaasen serves up his unique brand of swamp justice in the new york times bestseller skinkno surrender. Rather than be shipped off to boarding school, richard sloans cousin malley runs away with a questionable acquaintance she met online. And then comes the detective who tries to figure it all out aided by the mysterious skink. Buy skink no surrender first printing by hiaasen, carl isbn.
Anyone who has read his novels can tell he holds the sunshine state in high regard. With 140,000 copies in print and a fifteen city book tour in place hiaasens latest novel bad monkey was released in june 11 20. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. Books for grownups carl hiaasens official web site. The general consensus here is skip the movie and read the book. The novel striptease was adapted into a movie in the year 1996 and starred demi moore, who plays erin grant and bert reynolds as david dilbeck. Boys and girls everywhere are relating to judys many moods and laughing at her hilarious adventures.
He is the author of thirteen previous novels, including the best sellers razor girl, bad monkey, star island, nature girl, skinny dip, sick puppy, and lucky you. And anyway, once malley has run away, enters the real star skink, the old. Skink also known as clinton tyree is a fictional character in series of novels by renowned author carl hiaasen. Another book, no surrender, came out shortly after that in two years. A national book award longlist selection when your cousin goes missing under suspicious circumstances, who do you call. See the complete skink series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. Hoot, which won a newbery honor, flush, scat and, most recently, skink no surrender. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. The latest one was the selection of his novel skink.
The author describes him to have the attribute of the desired candidate such as. In total, hiaasens books have earned him nine awards, nominations and selections. Bought this book because i liked skinny dip by this author. Double whammy is the debut novel in the skink series by carl hiaasen. Buy skink no surrender by carl hiaasen online at alibris. No surrender to the national book award longlist in the young peoples literature category in 2014. Subscribe for monthly specials, new arrivals, and informative articles. Carl hiaasen is an american novelist who writes adult and young adult thriller and crime fiction novels, but the common theme in his novels no matter what age he is writing for is the setting of florida. Hiaasen is also the author of several popular novels for young readers. Double whammy skink book 1 kindle edition by hiaasen. Carl hiaasen serves up his unique brand of swamp justice in the new york times bestseller skinkno. Skink book series 6 books order in the next 19 hours 23 minutes and get it by thursday, august 29. Carl hiaasens skink books in order fantastic fiction. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.