Tourist Season

phenwayparrothead · Post by **phenwayparrothead** » March 30, 2005 5:33 am

Decided tonight for my 12 hour overnight shift I would read the book Tourist season, the book Jimmy based "The ballad of Skip Wiley" on, that's right got through the entire 375 page novel in one night. But just figured should throw it out there that it is a must read for any parrothead readers, makes me like the song a whole lot more. Would also like to note I checked out Carl Hiaasen's web site and saw he spelled Buffett wrong twice, but got it right in the book.

magnus · Post by **magnus** » March 30, 2005 7:28 am

I'm a big Hiaasen fan. All of his books are good reads. They're even better if you read them in order since some of his characters have recurring roles.

doxadive · Post by **doxadive** » March 30, 2005 7:48 am

I've never read any of his books, what are they like? who can you compare him too?

HawaiianGator · Post by **HawaiianGator** » March 30, 2005 8:20 am

I thought this was a hunting related thread ...

YuppieParrothead · Post by **YuppieParrothead** » March 30, 2005 9:35 am

phenwayparrothead wrote:Decided tonight for my 12 hour overnight shift I would read the book Tourist season, the book Jimmy based "The ballad of Skip Wiley" on, that's right got through the entire 375 page novel in one night. But just figured should throw it out there that it is a must read for any parrothead readers, makes me like the song a whole lot more. Would also like to note I checked out Carl Hiaasen's web site and saw he spelled Buffett wrong twice, but got it right in the book.

What kind of job do you have that you can sit and read all night? Sign me up! That's my kind of job!

jimsig · Post by **jimsig** » March 30, 2005 9:48 am

Speaking of Hiaasen. I was watching an Seinfeld episode last night and one of his books was displayed. You might remember the one I mean, it was an episode about nothing

It was the one in the bookstore that George had to buy the art book because he took it in the mens room. On one of the shelves you could clearly see "Carl Hiaasen" on one of the books. It happened so quickly I could not make out the title, but it may have been Lucky You as I think the cover was green. I just finished Double Whammy and am actually heading out to buy Tourist Season after I post this.

blackjack · Post by **blackjack** » March 30, 2005 12:08 pm

OK this leads me into a post/thread I was going to start.

I've read Jimmy's books and I just finished reading "Don't Stop the Carnival" boy was that a downer ending...

What other authors have that "island/Key West" theme in their books. Obviously, I will read the Hiaasen stuff, any other?

It's kind of silly but usually I go to the bookstore and look for paperbacks with pictures of palm trees or ships on them.

I also like Randy Wayne White "Doc Ford" books set in the Keys and islands and a Stuart Woods book "Cold Paradise".

Thanks for any ideas.

ccmatt · Post by **ccmatt** » March 30, 2005 12:23 pm

Lawrence Shames, Tom Corcoran, Randy Wayne White.

John & Laura · Post by **John & Laura** » March 30, 2005 12:49 pm

Tom Corcoran's writes mysteries about Alex Rutledge, a photographer who occasionally works for the police or sheriff's department. The stories are based in Key West. He has a new one coming out this summer.

Randy Wayne White writes about Doc Ford, based in the Sanibel Island area of Gulf Coast Florida. He has been writing a book a year and has one coming out this month I believe.

Both of the above as well as Carl Haiassen would name John D. McDonald as one of their influences. He died in 1986 so nothing new on the horizen. His character is Travis McGee, who lives on a houseboat at slip F-18, Bahia Mar, Ft. Lauderdale. If you start reading him, you will see why he is such an influence.

Another name to add to the list is Tim Dorsey. His main character, Serge the sociopathic killer who is an expert on Florida history and other things is uaually based in Miami. The books are as funny as somebody can be when writing about a sociopathic killer. Dorsey also has a new book coming out real soon if it's not already out.

Enjoy your reading!!

doxadive · Post by **doxadive** » March 30, 2005 1:21 pm

i found a book by a guy named john leslie in the dollar store and picked it up since it was about the keys. he has a short series featuring a PI in key west named Gideon Lowry. i've enjoyed them, very similar to tom corcorans books. speaking of tom, isnt he due for a new rutledge book soon?

blackjack · Post by **blackjack** » March 30, 2005 1:55 pm

Lots of good ideas. I knew I could count on PHs to be well read. Things are a little slow at work, so I like to keep a paperback in the desk. But things aren't so slow that I could finish a 375-pager in one night.

Thanks and I'll keep checking for others.

Oh, Stuart Woods also has a few books with the character Holly Barker set in South Florida in the fictional town of Orchid Beach. Mostly mystery/detective type stuff in tropical locales.

bravedave · Post by **bravedave** » March 30, 2005 2:30 pm

YuppieParrothead wrote:Decided tonight for my 12 hour overnight shift I would read the book Tourist season, the book Jimmy based "The ballad of Skip Wiley" on, that's right got through the entire 375 page novel in one night. But just figured should throw it out there that it is a must read for any parrothead readers, makes me like the song a whole lot more. Would also like to note I checked out Carl Hiaasen's web site and saw he spelled Buffett wrong twice, but got it right in the book.

phenwayparrothead wrote:What kind of job do you have that you can sit and read all night? Sign me up! That's my kind of job!

yeah
Lucky You

PalmettoSon · Post by **PalmettoSon** » March 30, 2005 3:09 pm

doxadive wrote:I've never read any of his books, what are they like? who can you compare him too?

South Florida crime novels with undertones of environmentalism. They are all hilarious, and very well written with great over-the-top characters similar to some of Elmore Leonard's work. Dave Berry has also written a couple of novels in a similar vein (he and Hiaasen both write for The Miami Herald. Hiaasen has characters that carry over from one book to another (most notably Skink), and for that reason I recommend reading his novels in the order they were published (Tourist Season is his first solo work). That said, they are not a series per se, and it isn't necessary to read them in any order.

tdparrothead · Post by **tdparrothead** » March 30, 2005 4:55 pm

Alec Waugh's Island in the Sun is very much like DSTC.

phenwayparrothead · Post by **phenwayparrothead** » March 30, 2005 7:00 pm

YuppieParrothead wrote:
phenwayparrothead wrote:Decided tonight for my 12 hour overnight shift I would read the book Tourist season, the book Jimmy based "The ballad of Skip Wiley" on, that's right got through the entire 375 page novel in one night. But just figured should throw it out there that it is a must read for any parrothead readers, makes me like the song a whole lot more. Would also like to note I checked out Carl Hiaasen's web site and saw he spelled Buffett wrong twice, but got it right in the book.
What kind of job do you have that you can sit and read all night? Sign me up! That's my kind of job!

Well I'm technically a full time college student, but work some overnight's doing security at a rehab center where very little goes on, so I can squeeze in a novel here and there, pretty good deal. Some more thoughts on the book now that I have had some time to take it in. First off definately gonna read more Hiaasen, starting with the first book thanks to these BN tips, and secondly that was an unbeleivable book, just awesome, one of the best I've read. There is not much that I could read for that long a period of time without stopping, and it held my interest the whole time.

Hoosier Beach Bum · Post by **Hoosier Beach Bum** » March 30, 2005 9:46 pm

You guys have been mentioning the best, and here's another name to add to the list. James W. Hall writes a mean Florida Keys mystery. One of his recurring characters is Thorn, a Key Largo fisherman/fly-tyer, who always ends up in the thick of things gone wrong along Highway 1. Hall comes up with some diabolical bad guys and Thorn is one laid-back bad a__. For a heck of a read about the dark side of the keys, start out with Under Cover of Daylight and Tropical Freeze.

LesPaul30 · Post by **LesPaul30** » March 30, 2005 10:06 pm

One author that is always missed here that needs mention is a guy by the name of W.R. Phlibrick. This is a psuedoymn (sp?) he wrote under (real name was Rod Philbrick). There are three books in the Key West/ T.D. Stash Crime series that were published in the mid-80's. Very decent reads. All stories are based out of Key West, the best one in my opinion is The Crystal Blue Persuasion since it has to deal with a major hurricane hitting the area.

These are very much out-of-print, but can be found through Amazon. I recommend them.

As for humorous reads that are short stories, mostly fiction I presume, you might want to check out The Roadkill Weekly journals.

Very funny Key West local who was claimed to be the only person *ever* kicked out of the Green Parrot. This is only availible online.

For W.R. Philbrick, see: http://www.rodmanphilbrick.com/cat2.html

For Roadkill Weekly: http://members.aol.com/USWon/roadkillweekly.html

Enjoy!

springparrot · Post by **springparrot** » March 30, 2005 10:28 pm

I just started Hoot today.
Yes, I know it is a kids book, but I wanted to see what kind of book Carl Hiaasen would write for kids.

So far, so good.

sonofabeach · Post by **sonofabeach** » March 30, 2005 10:36 pm

I loved Tourist Season by Hiassen. It's the only book of his I've read and it gave me a whole new love for the song by Jimmy.

phenwayparrothead · Post by **phenwayparrothead** » March 31, 2005 4:47 am

springparrot wrote:I just started Hoot today.
Yes, I know it is a kids book, but I wanted to see what kind of book Carl Hiaasen would write for kids.

So far, so good.

Wasn't sure if anyone has posted this up around the board yet, but Buffett actually bought the film rights to Hoot, so let us know how the books goes, because of Jimmy is to make a movie about it, I might have to read it.

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