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Basket Case di Carl Hiaasen
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Basket Case (originale 2002; edizione 2003)

di Carl Hiaasen (Autore)

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER ? A rollicking and hilarious novel from the bestselling author of Squeeze Me and ??Florida??s most entertainingly indignant social critic? (New York Times Book Review).

Jack Tagger??s years in exile at the obituaries desk of a South Florida daily haven??t dulled his investigative reporter??s nose for a good story. When Jimmy Stoma, the infamous front man of Jimmy and the Slut Puppies, dies in a fishy scuba accident, Jack sees his ticket back to page one??if only he can figure out what really happened. Standing in his way are, just for starters, his ambitious young editor, who hasn??t yet fired anyone but plans to ??break her cherry? on Jack; the rock star??s pop-singer widow, who??s using the occasion of her husband??s death to relaunch her own career; and the soulless, profit-hungry owner of the newspaper, whom Jack once publicly humiliated at a stockholders?? meeting. Following clues from the late rock singer??s own music, Jack tries to unravel the lies surrounding… (altro)

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Titolo:Basket Case
Autori:Carl Hiaasen (Autore)
Info:Grand Central Publishing (2003), 432 pages
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(2002)(audio) very good & funny story about a rock & roll star that dies mysteriously and the obit writer that tries to find out who & why he was murdered. Turns out it was his washed-up singer wife who wanted her husband's latest hit song but he wouldn't let her cover it. Hiaasen is very good story teller about Miami area politics and personalities.
  derailer | Jan 25, 2024 |
Talk about a 2002 book that wears its age on its sleeve. There's a lot about the philosophy of newspapers that it turned out was wildly optimistic, even though it probably seemed cynical at the time.

As with all Hiaasen, some clever turns of phrase, and decent plotting, but even though all the narrative comes together, it never reaches the heights of his more satirical books. This is more a plot-driven mystery[1], and it spends far too much time on a rather gross relationship between a 47-year-old reporter and his 27-year-old editor. Even if we allow for the idea that this isn't fantasy projection, it's pretty icky.

Still, for relatively breezy somewhat funny prose, Hiaasen books are excellent palatte-cleansers between heavier works, and it served well for that purpose.
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[1] Maybe it's because I watched the John Darnielle episode of Poker Face fairly recently, but I had the mystery pegged after 3 chapters, and I'm not bragging; most of you good people will have it figured out even sooner. ( )
  danieljensen | May 25, 2023 |
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  SueJBeard | Feb 14, 2023 |
An obit writer solves the murder. The bad guys are the music business and selling-out by newspapers. No land developers in this one; mostly mainstream characters. ( )
  Castinet | Dec 11, 2022 |
OK but not amazing. Jack, the main character seemed somewhat unlikable to me. Plot was OK but a little predictable. I think I would have liked the humor 20 years ago but maybe I have outgrown this type of thing. Mostly will appeal to men. ( )
  kslade | Dec 8, 2022 |
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Fiction. Mystery. Thriller. Humor (Fiction.) HTML:

NATIONAL BESTSELLER ? A rollicking and hilarious novel from the bestselling author of Squeeze Me and ??Florida??s most entertainingly indignant social critic? (New York Times Book Review).

Jack Tagger??s years in exile at the obituaries desk of a South Florida daily haven??t dulled his investigative reporter??s nose for a good story. When Jimmy Stoma, the infamous front man of Jimmy and the Slut Puppies, dies in a fishy scuba accident, Jack sees his ticket back to page one??if only he can figure out what really happened. Standing in his way are, just for starters, his ambitious young editor, who hasn??t yet fired anyone but plans to ??break her cherry? on Jack; the rock star??s pop-singer widow, who??s using the occasion of her husband??s death to relaunch her own career; and the soulless, profit-hungry owner of the newspaper, whom Jack once publicly humiliated at a stockholders?? meeting. Following clues from the late rock singer??s own music, Jack tries to unravel the lies surrounding

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