Carl Hiaasen
Squeeze Me : A Novel

2020 | Nakladatelství Folio, spol.s r.o.

From the best-selling author of Skinny Dip and Razor Girl, a new novel that captures the Trump era with Hiaasen's inimitable savage humor and wonderful, eccentric characters. A surefire best seller. Carl Hiaasen's Squeeze Me is set among the landed gentry of Palm Beach. A prominent high-society matron--who happens to …be a fierce supporter of the President and founding member of the POTUSSIES--has gone missing at a swank gala. When the wealthy dowager Kiki Pew Fitzsimmons is later found dead in a concrete grave, panic and chaos erupt. The President immediately declares that Kiki Pew was the victim of rampaging immigrant hordes. This, as it turns out, is far from the truth. Meanwhile, a bizarre discovery in the middle of the road brings the First Lady's motorcade to a grinding halt . Enter Angie Armstrong, wildlife wrangler extraordinaire, who arrives at her own conclusions after she is summoned to the posh island to deal with a mysterious and impolite influx of huge, hungry pythons . . . Completely of the moment, full of vim and vigor, and as irreverent as can be, Squeeze Me is pure, unadulterated Hiaasen. From the best-selling author of Skinny Dip and Razor Girl, a new novel that captures the Trump era with Hiaasen's inimitable savage humor and wonderful, eccentric characters. A surefire best seller. …Carl Hiaasen's Squeeze Me is set among the landed gentry of Palm Beach. A prominent high-society matron--who happens to be a fierce supporter of the President and founding member of the POTUSSIES--has gone missing at a swank gala. When the wealthy dowager Kiki Pew Fitzsimmons is later found dead in a concrete grave, panic and chaos erupt. The President immediately declares that Kiki Pew was the victim of rampaging immigrant hordes. This, as it turns out, is far from the truth. Meanwhile, a bizarre discovery in the middle of the road brings the First Lady's motorcade to a grinding halt . Enter Angie Armstrong, wildlife wrangler extraordinaire, who arrives at her own conclusions after she is summoned to the posh island to deal with a mysterious and impolite influx of huge, hungry pythons . . . Completely of the moment, full of vim and vigor, and as irreverent as can be, Squeeze Me is pure, unadulterated Hiaasen.

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O knize

Stav:	Nová
Vazba:	Brožovaná
Počet stran:	336
Jazyk:	anglicky
ISBN10:	1524711861
ISBN:	9781524711863
Vydání:	1
Vystaveno:	16. 5. 2025 12:27
Číslo položky:	1236717

O autorovi

Carl Hiaasen

Carl Hiaasen je americký spisovatel a novinář norského a irského původu. V roce 1974 absolvoval studium žurnalistiky na University of Florida, pracoval v deníku Miami Herald. Knihy psal zpočátku s Williamem Montalbanem a od roku 1986 samostatně. Také skládal texty pro zpěváka protestsongů Warrena Zevona. Jeho romány vycházejí z prostředí rodné Floridy a spojují detektivní zápletky se satirou na turistický průmysl a jeho neblahé dopady na životní prostředí. Podle knihy Striptýz natočil roku 1996 Andrew Bergman stejnojmenný film s Demi Moore v hlavní roli. Hiaasen vydal také dětskou dobrodružnou knihu Soví houkání, která byla rovněž zfilmována. Hiaasenovy knihy patří k americkým bestsellerům a byly přeloženy do 34 jazyků. V roce 1992 získal literární cenu Dilys Award. Hiaasen je známý také jako „objevitel“ Christophera Paoliniho.

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