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Cuervo is a pampered Nicaraguan moneyman, funding a guerrilla war from his cushy Miami penthouse. Sixto is his hulking, pistol-packing attendant, whose job satisfaction is on the wane. When an aging mobster enters their lives with a promise to help the rebel causeÃwith a planeload of chickens originally intended for voodoo sacrificeÃa tense situation turns combustible. From the wickedly funny mind of Carl Hiaasen comes "The Edible Exile," a raucous story of sleazeball nihilists, lovable thugs, and jungle-weary freedom fighters who collide in a battle of wills, ego, and the almighty dollar. This cheeky tale, written twenty-five years ago, set aside, and recently rediscovered, is a time-capsule glimpse of Miami during the over-the-top 1980s, when everyone was on the make and gross excess was the order of the day. In an intriguing twist, Hiaasen had lost his original ending to the story. ÃSo I decided to write a new ending,à he says. ÃAs a friend said, ÃHow often does a writer get the opportunity to collaborate with a younger version of himself?Ãà "The Edible Exile" is a wild romp through Hiaasen Country, sure to appeal to the outlaw in all of us. PRAISE FOR CARL HIAASEN ÃA relentlessly sane voice in a hurricane of hypocrisy, hokum and hype.à ÃDave Barry ÃDoes anyone remember what we did for fun before Hiaasen began turning out his satirical comedies?Ãà ÃThe San Francisco Chronicle ÃCarl Hiaasen isnÃt just FloridaÃs sharpest satiristÃheÃs one of the few funny writers left in the whole country . . . I think of him as a national treasure.à ÃNewsweek ÃHiaasen [is] a superb national satirist . . . A great American writer about the great American subjects of ambition, greed, vanity and disappointment.à ÃEntertainment Weekly ÃNo one writes about Florida with a more wicked sense of humor than Hiaasen." ÃUSA Today ÃHiaasenÃs wasteland is as retributive as Cormac McCarthyÃs, but funnier. . . .à [His] pacing is impeccable, and the scenes follow one another like LayÃs potato chips.à ÃThe New York Times Book Review ÃRecalls Twain and Chandler in its mingling of the cultured and the coarse à The funniest writer around.à ÃSunday Times of London