by Carl Hiaasen
First published 2025
Dale Figgo picks up a hitchhiker on a gray September afternoon in Tangelo Falls, Florida. The simple errand that follows plunges him deeper into trouble. Figgo holds the distinction of being the only hate-monger ever expelled from the Proud Boys for sheer incompetence. On January 6th, he mistakenly defecated on a Confederate statue while trying to deface Ulysses S. Grant. Now two formidable opponents complicate his already chaotic existence. Viva Morales rents a room in his apartment after her divorce left her broke. She works for the Mink Foundation while investigating their true motives. Twilly Spree inherited millions and channels his rage toward environmental destroyers. When Viva and Twilly uncover a mystery involving dark money and political corruption, they face off against billionaire philanthropists Claude and Eletra Mink, along with Congressman Clure Boyette, whose political ambitions clash with his appetite for scandal. The collision of these characters creates a Florida fever dream of greed and extremism.
Genres: fiction, american-fiction, mystery, crime, contemporary, 21st-century, political-thriller, activism
Vibes: dark-humored, fast-paced, thought-provoking
Tropes: anti-hero, unlikely-allies, unlikely-heroes
Setting: Florida, Tangelo Falls
Period: January 6th
368 pages · Hardcover · Knopf