I have been reading Carl Hiaasen's comic Florida crime novels since the 1980s. Hiaasen was a columnist for the Miami Herald from 1985 until March of 2021, when he decided to retire. And after retiring, I was hoping he would continue to write more of those comic novels. I keep checking to see if a new book might be coming out, but so far, the only thing he has written is a children's book (he has been writing those, too, for quite a few years) titled Wrecker, an adventure novel for young adults that takes place in Key West. That book came out last September, and amazingly enough, three of his speaking engagements at schools were canceled due to complaints about the book. The objectionable part was because it took place during the pandemic, and the young hero begs his father to get a Covid vaccine to avoid getting sick, something that happened to the father of one of the boy's pals. The schools which canceled the events were located in Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia. Surprise! Thank God all those students were kept from being brainwashed into thinking vaccines might actually be good for you. Just incredible that this is happening in this day and age. And by the way, I took the photograph above of Hiaasen when he was promoting his novel Razor Girl (which is really really funny, by the way) at the Tattered Cover Bookstore in Littleton, Colorado, back in 2016, when I was still working at the TC as the bookkeeper. And come on now, Carl - make sure your next book is for big people, okay?
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