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New York : Knopf, 1993.
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Murder, politics, and G-strings collide in this caper from the bestselling author of Tourist Season. Hilarity and chaos break out in a strip joint when a bachelor party gets out of hand, making the drunken guest of honor a threat to "big money" and "big government."
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LibraryThing member YogiABB
I picked up a paperback copy of this book to take on vacation. I usually take library books but I wanted to cut down the weight. I didn't get around to reading it until just now.
I like Carl Hiaasen and have read and enjoyed several of his books including his young adult novels like "Hoot."
"Strip
I wanted to like this book but I chucked it at about page 238. I didn't like the last 220 pages. The book is about a nude dancer named Erin who works at a bar called the Eager Beaver trying to earn enough money to pay a lawyer to get custody of her child back. She gets involved in all sorts of escapades. The book has no sex scenes, just lots of naked dancers and a whole bunch of leering adolescent jokes and asides. Meanwhile the story didn't go anywhere and many of the events taking place didn't make sense.
So I chucked it.
I like Carl Hiaasen and have read and enjoyed several of his books including his young adult novels like "Hoot."
"Strip
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Tease" is what I call a "Corner Chucker." A Corner Chucker is a book that is not so bad that you can just put it down. You like something about it but don't want to continue reading it. So years ago, before I discovered free books at the library, Sweetie and I would be in bed reading at night and I would just launch such a book to the corner of the room, startling Sweetie and scattering our various dogs and cats. It was my way of pyschologically separating myself from the book.I wanted to like this book but I chucked it at about page 238. I didn't like the last 220 pages. The book is about a nude dancer named Erin who works at a bar called the Eager Beaver trying to earn enough money to pay a lawyer to get custody of her child back. She gets involved in all sorts of escapades. The book has no sex scenes, just lots of naked dancers and a whole bunch of leering adolescent jokes and asides. Meanwhile the story didn't go anywhere and many of the events taking place didn't make sense.
So I chucked it.
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LibraryThing member LibraryCin
Erin is fighting her ex-husband (and wheelchair thief), Darrell, for custody of their only child. Unfortunately, this means very big lawyer bills, so she finds a job at a strip club to pay those bills. One night, while dancing, a drunk man comes on stage and wraps his arms around her. Immediately
I actually think this may be my favourite book by Hiaasen so far. I've only read four, but this one seemed to have a more complex storyline than the others. I also really liked some of the characters. I do normally enjoy his environmental viewpoint, but the funny thing is - even though this is probably my favourite by him - the environmental stuff was really very minimal background stuff in this one.
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after, another man runs on stage and starts beating the first man with a champagne bottle. The man doing the beating is an upstanding U.S. Congressman, David Dilbeck.I actually think this may be my favourite book by Hiaasen so far. I've only read four, but this one seemed to have a more complex storyline than the others. I also really liked some of the characters. I do normally enjoy his environmental viewpoint, but the funny thing is - even though this is probably my favourite by him - the environmental stuff was really very minimal background stuff in this one.
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LibraryThing member miyurose
I spent several weeks listening to this on my way home in the evenings. This was a great book to listen to. I'm going to have to look for more Hiaasen books in audio, because they're perfect. They're light and funny and the plots aren't so convoluted that you have a hard time following what's going
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on. The characters are colorful and interesting and unique. I thought this was really good. Show Less
LibraryThing member SonicQuack
Hiaasen is the undoubted master of the crime caper. Full to the brim of irony and twisted justice, Strip Tease delivers to expectation. The unfortunate characters in this tale work or frequent the Eager Beaver strip club, their unlawful deeds impacting upon one another in the usual Hiaasen fashion,
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frequently with amusing results. The plot, as ever, twists and turns at a rapid pace, always well narrated as not to lose the reader. Strip Tease meanders a little before the finale; it's a fraction too long, however it's definitely still a good read. Show Less
LibraryThing member mikedraper
Erin Grant, a former FBI employee has been dancing in a strip club in order to raise enough money for an appeal to gain custody of her daughter, Angela. Her husband, a petty crook, lied to the judge and got a couple of his buddies to back up a story about Erin's sexual habits.
As the story begins,
Another customer, Jerry Killian, nicknamed, Mr. Peepers, takes a photo. Killian sends Erin a message that he might be able to get her daughter back. He intends to use the photo to have Congressman Dilbeck use his influence to get a judge to change his custody ruling. Later, Killian turns up dead.
Malcolm J. Moldowsky is Dilbeck's "fix it" man. In a situation like Killian approaching Dilbeck and talking about a photo, Malcolm knows how to put a stop to an unpleasant situation.
A subplot has the club bouncer, Shad, working with an attorney named Mordecai, to sue the Congressman. Mordeccai is playing customers against each other in that the fiance of the first patron wants to sue Dilbeck for damages in hitting her fiance.
Sgt. Al Garcia is on vacation when he finds Killian's body. Garcia is an honorable man and this makes solving Killian's murder personal.
This is an uproariously funny novel. Erin's dry sense of humor had me smiling throughout the crazy happenings in the novel. Dilbert is also an excellent character whose one mindedness and absence of any moral values was depicted magnificantly. A wonderful caper but perhaps, a bit too long.
As the story begins,
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Congressman Dave Dilbeck, who can't control his libido, is a the strip club when a drunken party goer gets on the stage and begins grooping one of the dancers. An intoxicated Dilbeck jumps on the stage and begins hitting the other patron with a champagne bottle. This is unfortunate because this is an election year.Another customer, Jerry Killian, nicknamed, Mr. Peepers, takes a photo. Killian sends Erin a message that he might be able to get her daughter back. He intends to use the photo to have Congressman Dilbeck use his influence to get a judge to change his custody ruling. Later, Killian turns up dead.
Malcolm J. Moldowsky is Dilbeck's "fix it" man. In a situation like Killian approaching Dilbeck and talking about a photo, Malcolm knows how to put a stop to an unpleasant situation.
A subplot has the club bouncer, Shad, working with an attorney named Mordecai, to sue the Congressman. Mordeccai is playing customers against each other in that the fiance of the first patron wants to sue Dilbeck for damages in hitting her fiance.
Sgt. Al Garcia is on vacation when he finds Killian's body. Garcia is an honorable man and this makes solving Killian's murder personal.
This is an uproariously funny novel. Erin's dry sense of humor had me smiling throughout the crazy happenings in the novel. Dilbert is also an excellent character whose one mindedness and absence of any moral values was depicted magnificantly. A wonderful caper but perhaps, a bit too long.
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LibraryThing member Kimaoverstreet
Strip Tease by Carl Hiaasen is a fun book, chock full of interesting all too human characters, whose stories are inextricably intertwined. A fast paced book, Strip Tease will make you laugh out loud at times. I definitley reccomend to lift your spirits after a depressing or gruesome book!
LibraryThing member verenka
It's much what I expect from Hiaasen books. This time the focus is not on the environment but corruption.
It had one moment though, that I usually hate in thrillers like this: when the heroine does something totally and unnecessarily stupid, like going to meet villain on her own despite knowing that
It had one moment though, that I usually hate in thrillers like this: when the heroine does something totally and unnecessarily stupid, like going to meet villain on her own despite knowing that
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he is dangerous. I hate it when authors pull this, just to get the plot forward. Hiaasen managed to pull it off ok, so I still give it 9 points for giving me what I expected and needed ;-) Show Less
LibraryThing member jepeters333
Only in America could an innocent, if drunken, guest of honor at a strip joint bachelor party become a mortal threat against Big Money and Big Government.
LibraryThing member cameling
Sometimes all it takes is a simple incident to set the wheels of chaos in motion. A drunken man celebrating his bachelor party, starts to hug and grope a topless dancer, inciting rage in another customer who hits him repeatedly on his head with a champagne bottle, until the bouncer drags him off. A
The photograph becomes the catalyst for a number of incidents. Political fixers attempt to protect an unraveling Congressman, an ex-husband drug addict stealing wheelchairs while retaining custody of a child, scorpions and roaches being used in scams to extort money from corporations, murders and a dancer and homicide detective looking to set things right.
This is a thriller set on a simmering boil all the way till the end.
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photograph happened to be taken by another patron of this entertainment venue. The photograph becomes the catalyst for a number of incidents. Political fixers attempt to protect an unraveling Congressman, an ex-husband drug addict stealing wheelchairs while retaining custody of a child, scorpions and roaches being used in scams to extort money from corporations, murders and a dancer and homicide detective looking to set things right.
This is a thriller set on a simmering boil all the way till the end.
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LibraryThing member CarolO
Carl Hiassen has dipped into his bag of wacky characters and crazy plots to expose (pun intended) corrupt politicians, the objectification of women, and ecological wrongs in Strip Tease. Don’t read if you are offended by some bumping and grinding. Good book but my favorites are still Skinny Dip
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LibraryThing member DanaJean
Carl Hiaasen gives us a fun little romp into the Eager Beaver strip club with this story that starts with strip artist Erin trying to make enough money to get custody of her child back from her drugged-up, wheelchair stealing ex-husband who got custody of the child only because his record was
Too many plot twists and turns; lots of characters with their own side stories. This would have been better had it been tightened up in length, but overall, entertaining.
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removed from court files in exchange for his help catching other lowlifes (and a judge who waved the Bible at Erin for her stripping, but then ended up in the clubs with the Bible in his lap hiding the truth.)Too many plot twists and turns; lots of characters with their own side stories. This would have been better had it been tightened up in length, but overall, entertaining.
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LibraryThing member Darrol
Entertaining, and it was nice to have one old friend from the previous book. I enjoyed the spunk of the main character, and there were some amusing bits, but overall only ok.
LibraryThing member carolfoisset
Another hilarious Hiaasen book! Crazy characters and a story line that just doesn't quit. Entertaining as usual and a great summer read.
LibraryThing member AliceAnna
Not one of his best books, but I still enjoyed it quite a bit. Nobody does white trash quite like this guy.
LibraryThing member BookConcierge
Hiaasen is up to his usual tricks. This one really takes aim at politicians and sleazy lawyers, but is actually a bit "tamer" than others of his works. It all starts in a strip club when a congressman beats a drunken groom who has "overenjoyed" his bachelor party.
LibraryThing member CarmenMilligan
Entertaining as only Hiaasen can do. Very easy to read, quick to finish and satisfying. Like a palate cleanser between two heavy dinner courses.
LibraryThing member bookwyrmm
At first, I did not think I would like this, but once I got into it, I really did. It is a fun story, if a tad dated. I want to classify it as suspense, but it is a little too humorous for that.
LibraryThing member susandennis
This was the only Hiaasen I had not read and I saved and saved it. And then I heard he has a new one just about ready, so I read it. I have not seen the movie but I can tell you that the book is great. Such good Hiaasen. The heroine, dancing in a g-string to make enough money to get custody of her
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little girl from her disastrous ex-husband (who makes his living stealing wheel chairs). The bad guy who is really a good guy. A strange object on an arm (first we had the dog, and then the weed-whacker and now - well, I won't spoil it). A friend of mine wonders what strange substances this author must have in his sugar packets. I just hope he has a lifetime supply. Show Less
LibraryThing member dragonasbreath
Hiaasen tends to be VERY irreverent about everything in society.
But you can usually point to someone you know and say 'THEY would make a good actor for THIS character."
The book also kept our interest from start to finish.
It DOES come with a DC alert, though - make sure your hands and mouth are
But you can usually point to someone you know and say 'THEY would make a good actor for THIS character."
The book also kept our interest from start to finish.
It DOES come with a DC alert, though - make sure your hands and mouth are
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empty, that you are sitting down when you read this book... or you may regret it. Show Less
LibraryThing member Arctic-Stranger
Hiaasen has the ability to make some really reprehensible people come out looking decent, and making others look like monsters. In this novel and stipper wants custoday of her daughter, while the father, who steals wheelchairs from nursing homes for a living, is working crooked cops to keep the
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little girl. Throw in a politician who has a bad habit of falling in lust with the wrong girls, and you get a rousing read. Show Less
LibraryThing member mjspear
Bad people doing bad things; the stripper with a heart of gold and an adorable daughter; don't do drugs.... a mostly light look at the world of exotic dancers and the mayhem that sometimes ensues when you combine drunk men and naked women. Toss in a corrupt politician and a drug-crazed ex and
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you're got Strip Tease. A "fun" novel which got a bit battering (literally, figuratively) for this reader. If you don' t mind drugs, sex, and rock'n'roll in your books, it's a winner. Show Less
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