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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780446695695
ISBN: 0446695696
Label: Grand Central Publishing
Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 432
Publication Date: 2005-04-12
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Studio: Grand Central Publishing
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Somebody wants Mick Stranahan dead. Mick is sure of this, because he just had to dispatch a pistol-packing intruder with the help of a stuffed marlin head. But who would want to hurt a former Florida state investigator? The answer is plenty of people-as Stranahan soon finds himself acquainted with a litter of nefarious players, including a hit man whose skin problems could fill a comprehensive (if bizarre) medical textbook, a lawyer of questionable repute who advertises on billboards, and a TV show host whose taste for sensationalism is exceeded only by his vanity. The whole thing gets downright harrowing for the ex-cop in one of Hiaasen's most breathtaking, madcap romps ever-where even a plastic surgeon with extremely shaky hands waits to wring Stranahan's neck.
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Summary: "I've killed five men, and I've been married five times."
Comment: This intro to the book's unconventional "hero," Mick Stranahan, is just the tip of the iceberg as way-out characters go. Stranahan, formerly with the Florida State Attorney's office, now "retired" at their request, lives in Biscayne Bay in Stiltsville, where he is the only full-time resident. When a hit-man invades his home for reasons unknown, Mick kills him with the only "weapon" at hand--a stuffed marlin head--then drops him back into the bay.
Before long, Mick--and the reader--are up to their eyeballs in craziness. The case of a young woman who disappeared four years ago after undergoing a nose job may be at the center of this wild plot. Her plastic surgeon, Dr. Rudy Graveline, manages to have Hollywood actresses beating a path to his door, but is apparently a complete fraud who has not performed real surgery in years. Reynaldo Flemm, a Geraldo Rivera clone, is doing an investigation of the surgeon, and he has interviewed his former nurse, thereby endangering her life. As Mick becomes involved in all these crazy plots, he is pursued by a second mob hitman, this one seven feet tall, with a skin problem and a face that even major surgery cannot fix.
As the violence and the body count rise, author Carl Hiaasen keeps the absurdities coming, and his satire of Florida, the entertainment industry, the plastic surgery "industry," and even the New Jersey mob never flags. Laugh-out-loud funny, this 1989 novel captures universal "truths," and is still as irreverent and as timely as it was when it was written. n Mary Whipple
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Summary: ONE OF HIAASEN'S BEST BOOKS... AS GOOD AS THE 1ST TIME I READ
Comment: There are some books you re-read or return to and Skin Tight is one of those books; it was as good as the 1st time and still holds up-- remember this was pre-Botox ( just imagine what a field day Hiaasen would've had with that). The premise is hilarious and the hitmen are inept, much like Elmore Leonard's style. Re-reading this book also brings back memories of Air Jordans, Run DMC and Robin Leach. Quirky characters, dark humor and brilliant setups. Writers like Carl Hiaasen and Elmore Leonard inspired me to write. I'm still a fan.
My only question is: With all this great material, what happened with the movie?
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Summary: Carl Hiaasen - Skin Tight - great
Comment: Another of his books to entertain you with his vivid and outlandish characters. Always enough of the norm to make it plausible.....Highly recommend this book.
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Summary: Fun Read
Comment: Interesting and fun, as with others Hiassen has written. I read "Skinny Dip" first, so "Skin Tight" was interesting to enjoy more of Stranahan's personality and character, but from before the time period of "Skinny Dip". This character is really a work of art. Recommended.
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Summary: Hiaasen's World of Plastic Surgery Gone Bad
Comment: Mick Stranahan and his crazy antics keep this novel moving along in a "laugh out loud" kind of way. The basis of the plot is a plastic surgeon gone Hollywood and a murder cover-up/nose job gone bad. The antics start from the very first page and Mick and his friends are out to expose one Dr. Rudy Graveline along with his hit man Chemo. The list of comical characters goes on from pretty boy Reynaldo Flemm, TV investigative reporter, his assistant, Christine Marks, who turns out to befriend Mick, and Mick's own, brother-in-law, attorney for all occasions, Kipper Garth. Carl Hiaasen does it again and if you are into the satirical writing of this author and the Abbot and Costello type of comedy, then Skin Tight is your book. I enjoy Mr. Hiaasen, but need a break in between his books. The over-the-top shenanigans become a little too much for me as a steady diet.
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