--- product_id: 13453130 title: "Skinny Dip Audio CD – CD, May 3, 2005" brand: "carl hiaasen" price: "£22.37" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/13453130-skinny-dip-audio-cd-cd-may-3-2005 store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # Skinny Dip Audio CD – CD, May 3, 2005 **Brand:** carl hiaasen **Price:** £22.37 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Skinny Dip Audio CD – CD, May 3, 2005 by carl hiaasen - **How much does it cost?** £22.37 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/13453130-skinny-dip-audio-cd-cd-may-3-2005) ## Best For - carl hiaasen enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted carl hiaasen brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Skinny Dip Audio CD – CD, May 3, 2005 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41TdxLmlFCL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Wonderfully entertaining *by T***P on Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2007* Joey Perrone is beautiful, rich and married -- but none of that helps her to cope when her husband, Chaz, tosses her off a cruise ship on their second anniversary. Fortunately, Joey was a competition-level swimmer back in the day, and the distant lights of the Florida coastline become much more attainable when she bumps into a floating bale of discarded Jamaican marijuana, which makes a pretty good raft when the chips are down.When she's rescued by remote island dweller and former cop Mick Stanahan, Joey chooses not to contact the authorities about her near-murder. Instead, she decides a little psychological torture is in order while she tries to figure out just why Chaz opted for homicide over a no-fault divorce.For Chaz, who believes (with good reason) that his wife is dead, there are very few good days in his future."Skinny Dip" is a wonderfully entertaining story, and I owe my enjoyment of it all to Ron, a pulmonary technician at Lancaster General Hospital. Ron, upon learning of my fondness for writer Christopher Moore, extolled the wonders of Carl Hiaasen -- all while putting me through a series of rigorous breathing exercises that left me gasping and reaching for a pen to jot down the author's name.Hiaasen doesn't spin any modern folklore into his stories -- unlike Moore with his vampires, demons, trickster gods and the like -- but otherwise, the two writers could be spiritual twins.Besides Joey, Chaz and Mick, Hiaasen peoples his story with a colorful array of supporting characters.Karl Rolvaag is a Minnesota Norwegian cop, miserable living in the Florida heat, who's assigned to the case after Joey "vanishes" from the cruise ship. Red Hammernut is a thuggish Florida businessman/farmer who wants nothing to do with the federal government's efforts to save the Everglades at his expense -- and he's willing to spend a great deal of money and effort to circumvent them. Earl Edward O'Toole, hirsute and beefy, is addicted to pain-relief patches, collects roadside memorials and is willing to thump people as his duty or mood requires. And then there's Maureen, a lonely, feisty old woman, dying of cancer in a nursing home, who's willing to trade her meds for a little company and isn't afraid to get a little tart where bad manners are concerned.Hiaasen gets extra points in my book for throwing in a few brief but informative rants on the state of the Everglades and the government's too-little, too-late attempts to preserve them. I knew a bit about their all-important natural diversity, but Hiaasen taught me a thing or two about the once-massive swamp's vital impact on both the ecological and economical viability of Florida's southern end.Heck, a little consciousness-raising rarely goes amiss. In my native Lancaster County, where rich soil, ancient trees and pure water are often sacrificed to the cause of development, it's easy to empathize.Bottom line, I thoroughly enjoyed this refreshing "Skinny Dip" in Hiaasen's imagination, and I am eager to read more from this clever and talented writer. It looks like he's been fairly prolific in recent years, so I expect I won't have to wait too long.by Tom Knapp, Rambles.NET editor ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Hiaasen is Hillarious - Again *by J***L on Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2004* Hiaasen returns with his over the top humor and satire with an ecological mission and delivers his ususal critique on the state of how we are doing with saving the earth. Dr. Chaz Perrone is a biologist who is looking for a short cut to the finish line of a life of liesure and thinks he has found it working for the State of Florida and checking the water of the Everglades. The area he is in charge of is in some difficulty thanks to the agri-businesses of Red Hammernut who are polluting the Everglades in a major way. Red has Chaz on his payroll to make sure that the water samples he takes do not show any problems. It is a very cozy and profitable relationship for Chaz until he believes that his lovely wife, Joey, has learned what he is doing and the thought of losing the largesse of his benefactor drives Chaz to a desperate act which sets in motion a series of events as only Hiassen can write them. On their second anniversary Chaz and Joey are on a cruise and during a moonlight stroll on deck, Joey finds herself tossed off the ship. Her last thought before hitting the ocean is "I married an a--hole." The fall alone might have killed her, but Joey was a champion swimmer during her college days and she turns the fall into a dive and then manages to survive by clinging to a bale of marijuana until she is rescued by a former cop, Mick Stranahan, who is living on a remote island. The remainder of the book involves Joey's desire to see that her husband pays dearly for trying to kill her, but not in the traditional sense. There are many quirky characters and some ingenious and hillarious goings on. It is pure Hiassen and will satisfy his many loyal fans. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Hiaasen for the squeamish *by D***S on Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2004* If you loved Hiaasen's humour but hated the really sick parts of some of his novels, this is for you. There is virtually none of the imaginative gore that permeated his other books. Instead, the violence is almost purely psychological. I don't really miss the gore as gore - Hiaasen is the only gory novelist I like - but I do miss the oddball imagination that went into creating it.This book is almost entirely realistic and lacks the zany creativity that made the other books truly special. It has a simple suburban backdrop, very much unlike the rich imagry he created in the theme park (Native Tongue) or journalistic (Tourist Season) environments.Skink has a couple of bit part appearances which will be almost impossible to understand if you have not read his earlier books.This book has a truly bizarre plot flaw. Joey, our heroine, was the victim of a failed murder plot by her ex-husband. Her ex-husband starts moving her stuff out of his house, and she comes back, gets into the house with the key in its usual hiding place, and brings her favourite provocative black dress back in to remind him of what he was missing. If that had happened to me, I would have understood the precise situation I was in and act on it, since it's a very obvious feminine thing to do. He thought it was an anonymous villain. He changes the locks on the house but doesn't change the alarm code nor the key hiding place. Are there really people that dumb?I don't think so, but this book is still a great quick read and it's interesting to see how Hiaasen and his characters are evolving. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/13453130-skinny-dip-audio-cd-cd-may-3-2005](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/13453130-skinny-dip-audio-cd-cd-may-3-2005) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Kingdom* *Store origin: GB* *Last updated: 2026-05-16*