Native Tongue (Skink, #2)

Posted on 25 September 2017 by Carl Hiaasen

When the precious blue tongued mango voles at the Amazing Kingdom of Thrills on North Key Largo are stolen by heartless, ruthless thugs, Joe Winder wants to uncover why, and find the voles Joe is lately a PR man for the Amazing Kingdom theme park, but now that the voles are gone, Winder is dragged along in their wake through a series of weird and lethal events that begin with the sleazy real estate agent villain Francis X Kingsbury and can end only one way. New Download [ Native Tongue (Skink, #2) ] author [ Carl Hiaasen ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr A pair of blue tongued mango voles, perhaps the last on earth, are the sad victims of an indifferent heist by two inept burglars, Bud Schwartz and Danny Pogue The two thieves did not know the small creatures were voles they were under the belief they were rats, and while escaping from the theme park they had burglarized they had playfully tossed the animals into the open windows of the rented cars of tourists on the highway Since they had grabbed the box without opening it, they did not know A pair of blue tongued mango voles, perhaps the last on earth, are the sad victims of an indifferent heist by two inept burglars, Bud Schwartz and Danny Pogue The two thieves did not know the small creatures were voles they were under the belief they were rats, and while escaping from the theme park they had burglarized they had playfully tossed the animals into the open windows of the rented cars of tourists on the highway Since they had grabbed the box without opening it, they did not know there were only two voles inside They believed their employer, Molly McNamara, would not care if she got a box of rats minus the two who...Rating what I was too busy laughing to hear youBlue tongued mango voles If you ve read the book, you ve now collapsed on the floor howling in remembered glee If you haven t read the book before, well, it s time now.Mix Hiaasen s trademark hapless idiot criminals, burnt out losers, small minded grifters, and slimy real estate developers, add a cut rate theme park, shake with a dose of environmentalist headline grabbing, and poof you have the kind of book that makes summer beach reading so m Rating what I was too busy laughing to hear youBlue tongued mango voles If you ve read the book, you ve now collapsed on the floor howling in remembered glee If you haven t read the book before, well, it s time now.Mix Hiaasen s trademark hapless idiot criminals, burnt out losers, small minded grifters, and slimy real estate developers, add...Carl Hiaasen at his very best 4 stars for the writing and story, another 1 3 for this having an even larger portion of humor 1 star for the blue tongued voles alone So that comes to all the stars We don t need no stinking literary super high quality We have blue tongued rodents and SkinkBy page 320 I was quite ready to put Carl Hiaasen s Native Tongue down As cleverly drawn as Hiaasen s characters are, it seems he was quite unwilling to let them go, and hence 100 pages after I was done reading, the book ended The story follows former investigative reporter turned PR man Joe Winder as his job and the events around it at the Amazing Kingdom theme park on North Key Largo turn from bad to worse Following the daytime kidnapping of two endangered mango voles, the park goes into pa By page 320 I was quite ready to put Carl Hiaasen s Native Tongue down As cleverly drawn as Hiaasen s characters are, it seems he was quite unwilling to let them go, and hence 100 pages after I wa...No actual feedback because I read this when I was 12 and just found it in my mom s books However, I remember really enjoying it.Mr Hiaasen is always a good choice This one s about the troubles for a Walt Disney wanna be in Key Largo Well done, funny and captivating.So, Skink is one of my favorite characters in the long and chequered history of my falling in love with book characters, so I m not sure why I ve never read Native Tongue, since Skink is such a key character here Sick Puppy is still my favorite Hiaasen ever, and subsequently, one of my favorite books ever I enjoyed this thoroughly Yes, Hiaasen has recognizable, identifiable patterns and traits to all his books the destruction of the Florida landscape, the weirdness of native Floridians, th So, Skink is one of my favorite characters in the l...I recommended this book to a large crowd of people in an airport one time because I was laughing so hard, snot was coming out of my nose and one lady finally said WHAT are you readingApproximately half of the crowd standing there wrote down the title and author h...Really enjoyed this book Loved the humor injected from start to finish.Carl Hiaasen does what he does, and he does it well That s basically it.You know when you pick up a book by Hiaasen that you re going to get a Sleazy Florida land developersb A protagonist who s a little person fighting a losing battle, but doing it with style.c A romantic subplot, usually involving a remarkably competent womand Theme Don t tear up the everglades gulf coast e A number of laugh out loud momentsf An over the top bad guy, probably addicted to something bizarre In this c Carl Hiaasen does what he does, and he does it well That s basically it.You know when you pick up a book by Hiaasen that you re going to get a Sleazy Florida land developersb A protagonist who s a little person fighting a losing ba...

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25 September 2017

Carl Hiaasen