{"product_id":"kick-ass-selected-columns-of-carl-hiaasen-paperback","title":"Kick Ass: Selected Columns of Carl Hiaasen - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"You just cover a lot of territory and you do it aggressively and you do it fairly and you don't play favorite sand you don't take any prisoners. It's the old school of slash-and-burn metropolitan column writing. You just kick ass. That's what you do. And that's what they pay you to do.\u003cb\u003e--Carl Hiaasen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eKick Ass\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Readers who know Hiaasen only from his bestselling crime novels will find that this collection of columns from the \u003ci\u003eMiami Herald \u003c\/i\u003eshowcases the same voice singing in a different key . . . He writes with an old-time columnist's sense of righteous rage and an utterly current and biting wit.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Reveals an angry, alert civic muckraker in the pugilistic vein of Mencken or Royko. . . . Hiaasen cut his teeth as an investigative reporter, and this spirit is strong in both his chosen subjects and his wry attention to unforgiving evidentiary detail. . . . Deeply satisfying.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Reminiscent of the snarky, opinionated newspaper articles of the great Mark Twain, Hiaasen's columns are finely crafted little gems.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Booklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Shows you that Hiaasen's seemingly implausible fictional premises aren't really far-fetched at all. He just knows Florida.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Playboy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51376626204895,"sku":"9780813034294","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/nt2ehjVjFN9780813034294.webp?v=1789218195","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/kick-ass-selected-columns-of-carl-hiaasen-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}