Nature Girl

From “the funniest important writer in America” (Miami Herald) comes a tale that is gleefully zany and incisively sharp.

Beware! Honey Santana is off her meds, reacting rapidly to the bad behavior of others. This time, the annoyer is a telemarketer from Texas. Honey’s revenge? She invites Boyd Shreave on a paid ecotour of the Everglades, where a blueeyed Seminole named Sammy Tigertail strums an electric guitar on a woe-begotten clump of shells, mangroves, and beer cans called Dismal Key. Soon Boyd and vengeancecrazed Honey are joined by a private eye with a red-hot video camera and a college girl who just wants to have fun. And with a brawling cast of lunatic men, desperate women, a skateboarding teen, and even a restless ghost all going native, who will protect the Everglades from the wild humans?

• The most original, offbeat, and satisfying mystery novelist working today.

  The San Francisco Chronicle

• "Hilarious...pure outlandish silliness...a breakneck narrative."

  Boston Globe

• "A hilarious Florida romp...an engaging and diverse screwball cast."

  Publishers Weekly (starred review)