Product Description

Hurray, another Hiaasen!The new, fully loaded, riotous and righteous, non-stop hilarious novel by America's 'undisputed master of organised chaos'.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #148672 in Books
• Published on: 2007-02-01
• Binding: Hardcover
• 320 pages

Observer
'Carl Hiaasen's latest screwball thriller ... is sometimes ludicrous but
always engaging and frequently hilarious.'

Independent
`Nature Girl, the product of a deranged imagination, combines the comedic
energy of Molière with Mark Twain's lightness of phrase.'

Observer
Carl Hiaasen's latest screwball thriller ... is sometimes
ludicrous but always engaging and frequently hilarious.

Customer Reviews

Zany as ever
Hiaasen fans are in for the usual heady mix of wacky characters brought together in bizarre circumstances. Here, an obnoxious telesales operator is lulled in to a trap to set him on a path of righteousness. The backdrop is the myriad of islands of Florida's 'Thousand Islands' and it's real boon to this captivating story. It's original and humourous - Hiaasen has great skill in creating witty narrative, bursting at the seams with (often misplaced) idealism. It's a very unlikely tale, but then Hiaasen pulls it off as usual. An easy going book, with plenty of interesting elements - recommended.

How to be entertaining...
What a delight Carl Hiaasen is. In an era when people think Tony Parsons or Nick Hornby are bloody funny, here is an author that is genuinely witty. His stories race along with a pace that suits the plotline, and the quirks of his manic and often hysterical characters (in every sense) are beautifully put together.

While not in the top class of, say, Lucky You, this book is an object lesson to anyone who wants to write for entertainment. There is enough detail but not too much, enough silliness but not an excess of absurdity, and the eco-points are subtly but well made.

This is a writer who knows what he wants to do, and how to do it. Many authors I've read of late, would do well to come down off their "literature" high horse, and take note of how Hiaasen does it.

A poor effort
I have read of all Hiaasens books and have enjoyed then all,but Nature Girl I am afraid to say is not good.There is none of the real fiendishly wacky characters we are used to and the plot..well there isn't one..sorry.