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Fever Beach

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Fever Beach

By: Carl Hiaasen
Narrated by: Will Damron
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author of Squeeze Me comes a wildly entertaining Florida caper—a razor-sharp send-up of modern American life, packed with misfits and mayhem.

“No satirist arrived at our dystopian moment better prepared than Carl Hiaasen.Slate

“[Carl Hiaasen’s] reality with a side of escapism is a blessing for our fragile minds at this time.”—Samantha Irby in The Atlantic

Welcome to Fever Beach, where the sun blazes, the politics are unhinged, and the characters are as volatile as a summer storm.

Dale Figgo is a half-baked crusader with the rare distinction of being kicked out of the Proud Boys—for being too dumb. His latest bad decision? Picking up a hitchhiker on a rainy afternoon while running an errand.

That errand sets off a chain reaction involving Viva Morales, a clever, resilient newcomer trying to rebuild her life post-divorce. She’s renting a room in Figgo’s apartment and working at the Mink Foundation—a philanthropic front with something far darker beneath the surface.

Circling them is Twilly Spree, a hotheaded environmentalist with too much cash and a gift for over-the-top revenge.

When dark money and twisted motives bring their worlds crashing together, Viva and Twilly become unlikely allies. Together, they uncover a tangle of corruption and conspiracy led by a plastic-surgery-loving billionaire couple and a clueless congressman with delusions of grandeur.

In his most outrageous and deliciously funny novel yet, Hiaasen delivers a gleefully chaotic portrait of contemporary madness.

©2025 Carl Hiaasen (P)2025 Random House Audio
Literature & Fiction Mystery Funny Witty War Divorce Florida

Critic reviews

"Hiaasen is working in a grand tradition that stretches back to Mikhail Bulgakov satirizing Stalinism and Charlie Chaplin mocking Hitler. At his best, he can pack a paragraph with so many little parodic bangs that it feels like a fireworks display when the explosions come so fast you stop saying “Ahhh” and just stand in slack-jawed bedazzlement…. While white-shoe lawyers, university presidents and media moguls cower before the MAGA assaults on American democracy and decency, this mischievous 72-year-old writer is fighting back with every political gag and sex joke he can get his hands on.”Ron Charles, The Washington Post

"Carl Hiaasen’s Fever Beach turns, like many of his novels, on the actions of a collection of enthusiastic, comically unfocused malcontents....Mr. Hiaasen’s eye for the absurd, like his ear for dialogue, is as sharp as ever."—Anna Mundow, Wall Street Journal

"Fever Beach. . . features a witty, wounded hero with a heart of gold, boyish charm and profound anger at all despoilers of natural Florida. The author is each of those things, with a double dose of charm—but in real life he leaves the maiming, killing and vigilante butt-kicking to his alter egos, always in pursuit of righteous causes."—David Von Drehle, The Washington Post

"Heavily plotted but peppily paced, bursting with quips and blazing with anger...”Justin Taylor, The New York Times Book Review

Hilarious Characters • Colorful Storytelling • Terrific Reader • Witty Political Satire • Entertaining Plot
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Didn’t like the storyline! Too many messed up people doing horrible things! Usually his books are humorous, not this one!

Not the usual Hiaasen story!

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Fun read! Enjoyed colorful characters and the poking fun of those easy led.
Full of laughs and surprises

Keeps getting better and better

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A plethora of colorful characters, a story that won't quit, full of comical malapropisms. An absolute delight, all the way through!

Brilliant hilarity

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Timely and funny- always great and highly recommended. His take on the current state of politics is so good.

Typical Hiaasen

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While being assaulted by the news of Trump and Netanyahu taking us to war I enjoyed a brief moment of well written before ?????

Fun escape

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When you need relief from the unrelenting horror of American today, Hiaasen will rescue you.

Irony & Satire to make you snicker

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Fever Beach is a great read with hilarious characters. Wonderfully portrayed by the narrator.
Ironic justice!

Another Carl Hiasan classic!

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Only someone buying into MAGA world not find this a funny book. I laughed out loud as is normal for books by this author.

Timely themes

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So glad to hear another Florida expose! The political aspect was spot on!! Lots of good laughs!

As Always, Totally Irreverent!

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Survive the daily news with Carl Hiaasen’s enlightened humor! A zinger in every chapter! EG, the fountain a gift from Prince Andrew! The Rolaids from Nancy’s desk!s

Escape anxiety!

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