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Title: Cut-rate Hiassen
Review: When I was a kid, my family was poor, so I ended up being taken to the discount store and getting four-stripe imitations of Adidas shoes. They looked like Adidas from a (great) distance, but they fell apart in weeks.This book is akin to those cheap shoes: it's kind of like one of Hiassen's comedic books for adults, but it falls apart when you read it.A positive point is that I actually laughed aloud two times while reading. A negative point is that the book is only a series of set pieces that are supposed to be funny but have no structural justification. Hence, if the gags fall flat, as most of them do, there is no reason to read them, as they do not advance the plot (there being no plot to speak of) or convey necessary background.The book's light reading and I did manage to finish it--this I wouldn't have if it had taken more than three hours--but I wouldn't recommend it, though I wouldn't actively warn anyone away, either.
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