(A lot of them are!) Hiaasen’s books, however, are some of the good "uns. (*cough* Clive Cussler *cough*) Not all of these books are like this, of course, but some of them are. If it’s a series revolving around a male protagonist, every book introduces a new woman hot to jump Protagonist’s bones.
Woman/love interest is attractive, barely developed (character-wise, that is) and slightly-‘or not slightly-‘objectified. Romantic relationships appearing in male-authored mystery and general fiction novels often have an annoying, James Bond quality. Often overlooked, however, is his deft way with romance. These things, as well as his knack for all shades of humor, from ironic to slapstick to grotesque, are apparent in every book he writes-‘including his more recent YA novels. High-schoolers, as I painfully discovered the next Monday, were not Hiaasen’s biggest audience.īut, my cretin classmates aside, the experience was amazing and I remain to this day impressed by Hiaasen’s love of nature, wrathful views on corruption, and unconventional sense of justice. I promised him the interview would never appear in anything but the paper for which I was writing, and I’ve kept that promise-‘which is why, if you count my dad and the faculty advisor, maybe seven people have ever read it. Being seventeen and totally ignorant of author-reader protocols, I more or less ambushed him at Books-A-Million, and he proved to be an astonishingly nice guy-‘he gave me a lengthy interview (I was a big fan I had a lot of questions.) even though his flight had arrived hours late and he was obviously running a fever.
In the fall of 1998, in my capacity as co-editor of my high school newspaper, I interviewed author Carl Hiaasen when he came to town promote his book Lucky You. Jane A Reviews Florida / romantic-suspense 12 Comments AugGUEST REVIEW: Stormy Weather by Carl Hiaasen
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