“The Thieves of Manhattan is a sly and cutting riff on the book-publishing world that is quite funny unless you happen to be an author, in which case the novel will make you consider a more sensible profession-like being a rodeo clown, for example, or a crab-fisherman in the Bering Sea.” WorldBookHappensCasesNovelCuttingSeaExampleProfessionSensibleThievesPublishingClownManhattanFishermanSlyCrabsRodeoBook Publishing Author:Carl Hiaasen
“As frightening as this may sound, what you see in the books is the way I see the world. And so far I haven't seen anything, either in Florida or elsewhere, to dissuade me from it.” WorldWayMayBookSoundHavensElsewhereFrighteningFlorida Author:Carl Hiaasen
“Good satire comes from anger. It comes from a sense of injustice, that there are wrongs in the world that need to be fixed. And what better place to get that well of venom and outrage boiling than a newsroom, because you're on the front lines.” WorldNeedsWellsLinesFrontsAngerInjusticeFixedSatireBetter PlaceOutrageBoilingVenom Author:Carl Hiaasen
“All novels are about crime. You'd be hard pressed to find any novel that does not have an element of crime. I don't see myself as a crime novelist, but there are crimes in my books. That's the nature of storytelling, if you want to reflect the real world.” IfsWorldWantDoeBookRealHardNovelCrimeElementsStorytellingNovelistsReal World Author:Carl Hiaasen
