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stadium, an athletic field house, championship clay tennis courts, beach volleyball (sixty miles from the nearest natural beach), and a parking lot for thirty-five hundred automobiles. Next to the ballfield an All-Star Cafe franchise is being completed, its investor-celebrities including Andre Agassi, Shaquille O’Neal, and Tiger Woods.
Touring the new sports complex with an Orlando reporter, Disney vice president Reggie Williams marveled, “I remember walking out here three years ago, months before we even began planning. There were snakes, spiders and all kinds of animals out here.”
Reading that remark, I couldn’t help but wonder about the water moccasins living in the marsh that Team Rodent had drained and bulldozed. And—God forgive me, it’s nothing personal—I had a fleeting vision of young Agassi himself thrashing about on the red clay, a plump five-foot cottonmouth attached to his serving arm.Reptiles are fond of cool, dark places, you see, and a Nike gym bag would do fine in a pinch.
“There were snakes, spiders and all kinds of animals out here.”
But did Disney get them all? Did the bastards really get them all?
I don’t think so.
A BOUT THE A UTHOR
C ARL H IAASEN was born and raised in Florida, and his dream is to be banned forever from Disney World. He has worked for the
Miami Herald
since 1976 as an award-winning investigative reporter, magazine writer, and, for the last thirteen years, a metropolitan columnist. His novels, including
Tourist Season, Native Tongue
, and
Lucky You
, have been translated into twenty-one languages. He has also contributed lyrics to two songs by Warren Zevon, “Rottweiler Blues” and “Seminole Bingo.”
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NATIVE TONGUE
“RIPS, ZIPS, HURTLES, KEEPING US TURNING PAGES AT BREAKFINGER PACE.”
—The New York Times Book Review
“RUTHLESSLY WICKED.”
—Atlanta Journal & Constitution
SKIN TIGHT
“GOOD, MEAN FUN … A TWISTING, HIGHSPEED RIDE ON A ROLLER COASTER WITHOUT BRAKES.”
—San Francisco Chronicle
“A HIGH-SPEED TALE OF MURDER COVER-UPS AND GONZO REVENGE … HIAASEN DELIVERS EVERY TIME.”
—The Seattle Times
Published by The Random House Publishing Group.
Available wherever books are sold .
Touring the new sports complex with an Orlando reporter, Disney vice president Reggie Williams marveled, “I remember walking out here three years ago, months before we even began planning. There were snakes, spiders and all kinds of animals out here.”
Reading that remark, I couldn’t help but wonder about the water moccasins living in the marsh that Team Rodent had drained and bulldozed. And—God forgive me, it’s nothing personal—I had a fleeting vision of young Agassi himself thrashing about on the red clay, a plump five-foot cottonmouth attached to his serving arm.Reptiles are fond of cool, dark places, you see, and a Nike gym bag would do fine in a pinch.
“There were snakes, spiders and all kinds of animals out here.”
But did Disney get them all? Did the bastards really get them all?
I don’t think so.
A BOUT THE A UTHOR
C ARL H IAASEN was born and raised in Florida, and his dream is to be banned forever from Disney World. He has worked for the
Miami Herald
since 1976 as an award-winning investigative reporter, magazine writer, and, for the last thirteen years, a metropolitan columnist. His novels, including
Tourist Season, Native Tongue
, and
Lucky You
, have been translated into twenty-one languages. He has also contributed lyrics to two songs by Warren Zevon, “Rottweiler Blues” and “Seminole Bingo.”
A Note on The Library of Contemporary Thought
This exciting new monthly series tackles today’s most provocative, fascinating, and relevant issues, giving top opinion makers a forum to explore topics that matter urgently to themselves and their readers. Some will be think pieces. Some will be research oriented. Some will be journalistic in nature. The form is wide open, but the aim is the same: to say things that need saying.
Available from
THE LIBRARY OF
CONTEMPORARY THOUGHT
VINCENT BUGLIOSI
NO ISLAND OF SANITY
Paula Jones v. Bill Clinton
The Supreme Court on Trial
JOHN FEINSTEIN
THE FIRST COMING
Tiger Woods: Master or Martyr?
PETE HAMILL
NEWS IS A VERB
Journalism at the End of the Twentieth Century
EDWIN SCHLOSSBERG
INTERACTIVE EXCELLENCE
Defining and Developing New Standards for the Twenty–first Century
ANNA QUINDLEN
HOW READING CHANGED MY LIFE
Look for these wonderful novels
by Carl Hiaasen
NATIVE TONGUE
“RIPS, ZIPS, HURTLES, KEEPING US TURNING PAGES AT BREAKFINGER PACE.”
—The New York Times Book Review
“RUTHLESSLY WICKED.”
—Atlanta Journal & Constitution
SKIN TIGHT
“GOOD, MEAN FUN … A TWISTING, HIGHSPEED RIDE ON A ROLLER COASTER WITHOUT BRAKES.”
—San Francisco Chronicle
“A HIGH-SPEED TALE OF MURDER COVER-UPS AND GONZO REVENGE … HIAASEN DELIVERS EVERY TIME.”
—The Seattle Times
Published by The Random House Publishing Group.
Available wherever books are sold .
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