Dance of the Reptiles: Rampaging Tourists, Marauding Pythons, Larcenous Legislators, Crazed Celebrities, and Tar-Balled Beaches: Selected Columns

from Glennis.LeBlanc

I like Carl Hiassen's fiction and this is the second book of his nonfiction that I have read and the writing style is even more biting in his nonfiction. The books chapters are set up on different themes. I did a lot of grinding my teeth on the environmental section since Florida is my home state...

from VGAHarris

Enjoyable, very witty writing. All related to Florida politics, agencies, and policy.

from ffifield

If you've ever read a Carl Hiaasen novel, reading this will show you where he gets all the absurd plot lines. Florida is a crazy place.

from KamGeb

This is a collection of Carl Hiaasen's columns. I loved his young adult books so I wanted to read the columns. The first section covered environmental issues. I found it very interesting because it contained a lot of new information for me. The latter sections that covered politics I found annoyi...

from untraveller

Read a good chunk of the book, but it becomes repetitious after about the first third. All of Florida is extremely corrupt and full of old and/or corrupt people and politicians the likes of which anyone else wouldn't want to be around. This details those experiences through newspaper columns. Hav...