- Fiction, Private investigators, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Private investigators, fiction
R.J. Decker, star tenant of the local trailer park and neophyte private eye is fishing for a killer. Thanks to a sportsman's scam that's anything but sportsmanlike, there's a body floating in Coon Bog, Florida—and a lot that's rotten in the murky waters of big-stakes, large-mouth bass tournaments.
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Classical in form, contemporary, unpretentious and effortless.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- unpretentiousprestige
- effortlessdemanding
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Carl Hiaasen
- First published
- 1987
- Pages
- 408
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group, Grand Central Publishing, UGE 10-18
- Editions
- 15
- Language
- English, French, German
- ISBN
- 9780783816456
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“On the morning of January 6, two hours before dawn, a man named Robert Clinch rolled out of bed and rubbed the sleep from his eyes.”
Carl Hiaasen is an American journalist and novelist. He was born and raised in a bizarre place called Florida, where he still lives. His books have been described as savagely funny, riotous, and cathartic. Oddly, they are beloved even by readers who’ve never set foot in the Sunshine State. *-- Author's Website*
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