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Fever Beach

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Fever Beach

By: Carl Hiaasen
Narrated by: Will Damron
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author of Squeeze Me comes a wildly entertaining Florida caper—a razor-sharp send-up of modern American life, packed with misfits and mayhem.

“No satirist arrived at our dystopian moment better prepared than Carl Hiaasen.Slate

“[Carl Hiaasen’s] reality with a side of escapism is a blessing for our fragile minds at this time.”—Samantha Irby in The Atlantic

Welcome to Fever Beach, where the sun blazes, the politics are unhinged, and the characters are as volatile as a summer storm.

Dale Figgo is a half-baked crusader with the rare distinction of being kicked out of the Proud Boys—for being too dumb. His latest bad decision? Picking up a hitchhiker on a rainy afternoon while running an errand.

That errand sets off a chain reaction involving Viva Morales, a clever, resilient newcomer trying to rebuild her life post-divorce. She’s renting a room in Figgo’s apartment and working at the Mink Foundation—a philanthropic front with something far darker beneath the surface.

Circling them is Twilly Spree, a hotheaded environmentalist with too much cash and a gift for over-the-top revenge.

When dark money and twisted motives bring their worlds crashing together, Viva and Twilly become unlikely allies. Together, they uncover a tangle of corruption and conspiracy led by a plastic-surgery-loving billionaire couple and a clueless congressman with delusions of grandeur.

In his most outrageous and deliciously funny novel yet, Hiaasen delivers a gleefully chaotic portrait of contemporary madness.

©2025 Carl Hiaasen (P)2025 Random House Audio
Literature & Fiction Mystery Funny Witty War Divorce Florida

Critic reviews

"Hiaasen is working in a grand tradition that stretches back to Mikhail Bulgakov satirizing Stalinism and Charlie Chaplin mocking Hitler. At his best, he can pack a paragraph with so many little parodic bangs that it feels like a fireworks display when the explosions come so fast you stop saying “Ahhh” and just stand in slack-jawed bedazzlement…. While white-shoe lawyers, university presidents and media moguls cower before the MAGA assaults on American democracy and decency, this mischievous 72-year-old writer is fighting back with every political gag and sex joke he can get his hands on.”Ron Charles, The Washington Post

"Carl Hiaasen’s Fever Beach turns, like many of his novels, on the actions of a collection of enthusiastic, comically unfocused malcontents....Mr. Hiaasen’s eye for the absurd, like his ear for dialogue, is as sharp as ever."—Anna Mundow, Wall Street Journal

"Fever Beach. . . features a witty, wounded hero with a heart of gold, boyish charm and profound anger at all despoilers of natural Florida. The author is each of those things, with a double dose of charm—but in real life he leaves the maiming, killing and vigilante butt-kicking to his alter egos, always in pursuit of righteous causes."—David Von Drehle, The Washington Post

"Heavily plotted but peppily paced, bursting with quips and blazing with anger...”Justin Taylor, The New York Times Book Review

Hilarious Characters • Colorful Florida Crackpots • Excellent Voice Acting • Entertaining Storyline • Satisfying Ending
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Good but not as funny as classic 1990s Carl H. It’s like a too sweet dessert you used to love when younger but now you just don’t have the taste buds for it anymore.

Almost too much

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This is ok. It might be my least favourite of his books, but it’s still a quick fun read. I didn’t enjoy this narrator very much but again, the book is quick.

The Other are So Much Better

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I like all the references to my blah every day life. Wordle, Metallica the beach.

Fun read

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As expected, a cast of crazy characters in crazy situations. Tangents of bad guys and one smarter than all the others who makes them pay in crazy ways. Wrapped up with a happy ending on the side of righteousness. Enjoyed every minute.

CRAZY

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Okay “read” but not up to the normal level of craziness I expect from the author. Still, I’d consider it well worth a credit.

Okay “read”

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I used to laugh out loud at many of the author's books, but the last few have left me, slightly amused, and only moderately entertained.

Not as good as he used to be.

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Having lived in south Florida for over 20 years, I always appreciate the reality and depth of characters in Hiassen’s novels. I hope Fever Beach becomes a miniseries or a movie, I’d watch immediately!

Another fantastic novel by this brilliant and funny author!

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This was clearly one of the funniest books. Carl has ever written not to mention absolutely on point with the political atmosphere in America today I commend him for this amazing work and suggest all of you give it a listen.

The most brilliant work Carl has done to date.

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Love it all! More, more, more please! Especially now that we live in a Hiaasen novel!

Hiaasen is the best!

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Here is another Carl Hiassen gem! He is a master of funny and intelligent politics

Outstanding political satire

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