Carl Hiaasen is one of my favorite authors and I was excited when I heard he was about to publish another of his outlandish adult novels so I immediately put my name on the wait list at the library. I was glad to read Fever Beach which is another very funny satirical novel that is his followup to Squeeze Me where he poked at Trump and his followers during his first term. In this one, the focus is on a group of White Supremacists called the "Strokerz for Liberty" which is headed by a not-too-bright racist named Dale Figgo. Figgo's right-hand man is Jonas Onus a radical conspiracy follower whose dog is named Himmler. Other wackos in the group include Skid Mark, Raw Dog, Bottle Rocket, and Komodo. Figgo is trying to up his game after he was ostracized from the Proud Boys because he spread dog shit on a statue of a confederate hero in the Capitol during the January 6th insurrection. Figgo is backed by a crooked Congressman named Clure Boyette who wants the group to ensure his reelection by patrolling the polling place in his home town. And in turn, Boyette is funded by the Minks, a wealthy couple who want to develop a former orange grove into condominiums. But then along comes Twilly Spree, an independently wealthy do-gooder who gets easily triggered by anyone who trashes the environment. He at one point picks up a discarded cigarette and puts it out in the ear of the litterbug who tossed it! And he definitely is against the further development of the landscape of Florida. He along with a woman named Viva who rents a room from Figgo, are out to stop the Minks development as well as Dale Figgo and the Strokerz' goal to get Boyette reelected.

This novel is full of Hiaasenesque humor and his usual wacky characters. The novel satirizes far right extremists who follow Fox News and conservatives such as Tucker Carlson, Rush Limbaugh, and Steve Bannon and as usual, Hiaasen hits his mark.

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