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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