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Nature Girl
Carl Hiaasen
Alfred A. Knopf: 2006, 306 pages
Reviewed by Tori Lyons
Nature Girl is a satire set in Florida that features a comical cast of bizarre characters. After being interrupted at her dinner table by a sales call one too many times, Honey Santana goes to extreme lengths to teach the uncouth telemarketer, Boyd Shreave, a lesson. Certainly her obsession has nothing to do with the fact that she's off her meds. Meanwhile, Sammy Tigertail, a one-half Seminole Indian, is on the lam after a tourist dies of a heart attack while on Sammy's airboat tour of the Everglades. Add in Honey's stalker, Louis Piejack, and her ex-husband, Perry Skinner, set the whole thing on a remote Everglades island, and you've got the makings of a standard Hiaasen story. While the story was definitely over the top at times, it was entertaining, and I will definitely keep the author in mind next time I'm looking for a light beach read.
