Bad Monkey

Carl Hiaasen

Monkey See, Monkey Do — Robert Charles and I have been lucky enough these past several years to take a winter getaway in Key West. The glimmering Gulf Stream. The sunshine and rum. The fine restaurants on this little, walkable island. The Hemingway House. The comforts of the Casa Marina. The Conch Republic vibe: “Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can put off until the day after tomorrow." The pandemic kept us from visiting in 2020. Same this winter. So I did the next best thing — read “Bad Monkey.” The action takes place in the Keys, Miami and the Bahamas. Nobody packs more into a story — more laughs, more twists, more turns, more Truth — than Carl Hiaasen.