As usual, there’s a plot but it’s more like a series of cohesive vignettes. And laugh-out-loud moments. Lots of them.

“In the book ... titled “Florida Man: Carl Hiaasen,” often awards top billing to characters from the Animal Kingdom — like the bad monkey or the gargantuan python terrorizing Palm Beach ...

Hiaasen's latest ... he reads his own book about starting up again as a golfer after dropping the sport 32 years ago. Sentences that get a chuckle on the page sound... Carl Hiaasen, Author ...