Honey Santanaβimpassioned, willful, possibly bipolar, self- proclaimed βqueen of lost causesββhas a scheme to help rid the world of irresponsibility, indifference, and dinnertime sales calls. Sheβs taking rude, gullible Relentless, Inc., telemarketer Boyd Shreave and his less-than-enthusiastic mistress, Eugenieβthe fifteen-minute-famous girlfriend of a tabloid murdererβinto the wilderness of Floridaβs Ten Thousand Islands for a gentle lesson in civility. What she doesnβt know is that sheβs being followed by her Honey- obsessed former employer, Piejack (whose mismatched fingers are proof that sexual harassment in the workplace is a bad idea). And he doesnβt know heβs being followed by Honeyβs still-smitten former drug-running ex-husband, Perry, and their wise-and-protective-way-beyond-his-years twelve-year- old-son, Fry. And when they all pull up on Dismal Key, they donβt know theyβre intruding on Sammy Tigertail, a half whiteβhalf Seminole failed alligator wrestler, trying like hell to be a hermit despite the Florida State coed whoβs dying to be his hostage . . .
Will Honey be able to make a mensch of a βgreedheadβ? Will Fry be able to protect her from Piejackβ and herself? Will Sammy achieve his true Seminole self? Will Eugenie ever get to the beach? Will the Everglades survive the wild humans? All the answers are revealed in the delectably outrageous mayhem that propels this novel to its Hiaasen-of-the-highest-order climax.
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