Carl Hiaasen

"A collection of Carl Hiaasen's best columns from the past twelve years, covering topics, like hurricanes, off-shore drilling, voting rights, and political corruption, that have become national issues. A VINTAGE PAPERBACK ORIGINAL. Dance of the Reptiles is Carl Hiaasen's third collection of the very best of his columns for the Miami Herald. Covering topics large and small, from local issues like polluted rivers, the criminal justice system, and animal...

"This may be "the graduation speech you'll never hear" but it is unquestionably one that everyone must read. In these times, which seem to get crazier by the day, we can all use a dose of reality, one that anchors us in the sobering present and prepares us for the slippery future. Carl Hiaasen--whose words are brilliantly illustrated and amplified by Roz Chast--dares to tell us what we need to know, slap us in the face, make us laugh, and frighten...