Rating: 4/5
Review:
Classic Hiaasen
Stormy Weather is another enjoyable Skink episode from Carl Hiaasen.
It has all his hallmarks of amusing plotting, enjoyable characters,
scumbags getting their come-uppance and some biting commentary on the
shady dealing in Florida and celebration of the wonders of the place.
This time, the scumbaggery is to do with the exploitation of hurricane victims by corrupt politicians and inspectors who allow unsafe building practices which result in the wholesale destruction of homes, and by various scammers and cowboys who profit from those desperate for shelter after a storm. The plot...well, it’s complicated. Suffice it to say that various dodgy characters behave badly, a couple of people behave well and both Jim Tile and Skink are on hand to dispense some measure of appropriate and restorative justice. It is, in short, classic Hiaasen and therefore thoroughly readable and enjoyable.
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