
Skin Tight
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Narrated by:
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George Wilson
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By:
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Carl Hiaasen
As with Hiaasen's other books, Skin Tight is one long, extended farce, a comic take on everything from TV tabloid hosts to ambulance chasers, chronicling modern America's ever-growing penchant for tastelessness, self-absorption, and high sleaze.
You will find yourself laughing in spite of yourself at wildly improbable characters like Chemo, a 7-foot monster with a face like a bowl of breakfast cereal; Heather Chappell, who wants to completely renovate her Barbi-doll body; and Reynaldo Flemm, the host of prime time's In Your Face, who stages mock attacks to his person in order to increase the Nielsen ratings.
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Critic reviews
"Hiaasen's latest thriller is his funniest and sharpest novel to date....This wickedly amusing story is the work of a keen satirist who off-handedly exposes the moral rot at every level of society." (Publishers Weekly)
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I listened to Skinny Dip prior to this, so it was interesting to see where Mick Stranahan came from. I think some of the conclusions are a bit far fetched, but really it was enjoyable if you don't read into it too much.
Just a heads up. While I listen in the car I have to keep my audio player at top volume so I don't have to keep my car speakers so loud because I get static, this usually is not an issue - but for some reason this book had a weird buzzing noise in the background every time the narrator was "on". If the narrator stopped and it was just space interjected during editing it didn't buzz. I could drown out the buzzing without too much trouble, but it was obvious when he went on and off. I thought the narration was fine (a few minor blips, but nothing unexpected) but I knocked it a star because of the editing/buzzing. It also seemed like it stopped and started a new chapter/paragraph without proper spacing in some areas. Spacing I'd expect at the end of a sentence and it took me a minute to catch up that we were talking about different people.
Lighthearted But Serious Subject
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Not my favorite, but still a fun read.
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Another excellent read!
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This narrator have done several of Hiaasen's books and does a decent job, rarely getting in the way of the storyline.
Another batch of fun from Hiaasen.
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Good, but not one of his best
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Another great Hiassen story, well-read!
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Tom Robbins meets Miami Vice
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Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
Yes, reading Hiassen books is always worth the time. I live in the Intermountain West and Hiassen's sense of humor is a nice change from the mystery stories set in the west that I usually read. Hiassen doesn't have the anti-government bent that some of the stories set in the west do. His bent seems against anti-environmentalists. And Hiassen's work is heavy on the bizarre and the funny.Has Skin Tight turned you off from other books in this genre?
No, just about anything that Hiassen has written I have either read and/or listened to. He writes great books.Do you think Skin Tight needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?
It's is hard to tell if Hiassen's other books are follow ups. I tend to think they are, as they feature some of the characters. (Particularly the ex-governor 'skink.' I love Skink.)Any additional comments?
In Skin Tight, the part where the barracuda bites the character's hand off and it is replaced with a "weed hacker" is one of the more hilarious pieces of his work. The re-appearance of the "weed wacker" man in Star Island was great."The" Carl Hiassen
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It's still Hiaasen
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Skin Tight
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