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  <title><![CDATA[Basket Case]]></title>
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  <default_description>Once a hotshot investigative reporter, Jack Tagger now bangs out obituaries for a South Florida daily, &quot;plotting to resurrect my career by yoking my byline to some famous stiff.&quot; Jimmy Stoma, the infamous front man for Jimmy and the Slut Puppies, dead in a fishy-smelling scuba &quot;accident&quot; may be just the stiff Jack needs-if only he can figure out what happened. Standing in the way are (among others) an editor who wants Jack to &quot;break her cherry,&quot; Stoma's ambitious pop-singer widow, and the soulless, profit-hungry newspaper owner Jack once publicly humiliated. As clues from Stoma's music give Jack Tagger the chance to trade obits for a story that could hit the front page, murder gives his career a new lease on life.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">2002</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Basket Case</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Carl Hiaasen]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Other than &quot;Team Rodent&quot; I had never read a Hiaasen novel until this one. I had always heard good things and had listened to him compared to many of my favorite authors. Last night I read Basket Case (actually I finished it... I started it yesterday). Now that I have finally read a Hiaasen...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20974971">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="49850639">
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  <read_at>Tue Mar 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Apr 01 04:42:09 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this for the spring challenge.  I liked this one more than <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13060.Nature_Girl" title="Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasen">Nature Girl</a> but not quite as much as <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13079.Skinny_Dip" title="Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen">Skinny Dip</a>.  Hiaasen again brings to life some pretty funny characters including some of the dumbest criminals you've ever met.  Entertaining story, pretty far fetched but still a lot of fun.<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49850639">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="24224072">
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    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
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  <read_at>Sat Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jun 11 07:30:49 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Aug 01 10:50:12 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I listened to this on cd.  It's okay. There have been some funny parts, but if I had been actually reading it, I probably would have stopped. I guess it would be a decent summer read if you like the unrealistic mystery/humorous type of books.  The characters seemed very flat and one sided and I coul...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24224072">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="67069647">
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Aug 12 07:45:57 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of my favorite Hiaasen books (maybe even my #1), I made the mistake of reading it on the plane across country back to school from the holiday break. I was stuck in the back corner, squished against the window by an octogenarian woman and an extremely large middle-aged businessman.  But the time ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67069647">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="42158062">
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    <name><![CDATA[Janelle]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Rowlett, TX]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jan 06 17:42:27 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jan 06 18:07:42 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Carl Hiaasen's works are usually very funny, intelligent, witty, creative, with a happy ending.  What could you want more from an entertaining lite read?  The imaginative characters, the adventure, the great use of irony and sarcasm, he keeps you guessing how things could possibly all work out for t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42158062">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="37631148">
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    <location><![CDATA[Jamaica Plain, MA]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <date_added>Thu Nov 13 11:16:03 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Nov 23 03:38:11 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[geez, I've forgotten how much fun it is to read these zippy little Florida detective/gangster novels! Hiaasen is in a similar vein as Elmore Leonard, whom I adore for his snappy dialog and fabulous florida gangsters. you know, I visited the wikiwachi mermaid show in florida after discovering much to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37631148">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="73142040">
    <user id="2784208">
    <name><![CDATA[Davis]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <date_added>Thu Oct 01 16:25:05 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Oct 01 16:25:28 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I give this a thumbs up for outrageous comedy at its best. I have been a Carl Hiaasen fan for years and have loved every one of his books that I have read.<br/><br/>What I loved about this book, as is the case with all of his, is that his characters are so engaging. The plot twists and turns are u...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73142040">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="44250690">
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    <name><![CDATA[Chana]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Seattle, WA]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jan 24 22:22:47 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jan 24 22:27:19 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[It wasn't very funny for Carl Hiaasen.  I was kind of disappointed.  My question is this:  When Carl Hiaasen is drunk does he want to move to Gibralter and write poetry, in iambic pentameter?  There were funny, almost memorable characters like Colonel Tom the monitor lizard and Loreal the cascading ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44250690">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="24398281">
    <user id="991905">
    <name><![CDATA[Rose]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Indianapolis, IN]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Jun 16 19:51:48 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[If it hadn't been for the brief death notice that ran in the South Florida daily the Union-Register, James Bradley Stomarti's death in an unfortunate scuba accident would have passed almost completely unacknowledged. Fortunately, the name rings a distant bell with staff obituary writer Jack Tagger, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24398281">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="7214016">
    <user id="455049">
    <name><![CDATA[Rick]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Oct 03 13:00:58 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Oct 03 13:02:54 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Carl Hiaasen fans have come to expect novels full of wit and wisdom, bile and brilliance. His latest, Basket Case (Knopf, $25.95), doesn't break any new ground, but it is almost exactly that type of book. In typical fashion, Hiaasen introduces a new protagonist: down-on-his-luck reporter Jack Tagger...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7214016">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="3275491">
    <user id="122647">
    <name><![CDATA[Sarah]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Hayward, CA]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jul 19 11:37:19 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jul 26 21:40:58 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Years of writing obituaries has made Jack Tagger obsessed with death. Give him an age and he'll tell you who died. He's also a music fan and a frustrated old-school journalist. So when he sees that James Stomarti, lead singer of the Slut Puppies, has died he has to pursue the story.<br/><br/>Baske...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3275491">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="70029138">
    <user id="706193">
    <name><![CDATA[Katie]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Sep 04 07:35:55 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Sep 04 07:37:36 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is my 2nd Hiaasen book and I liked it better than the first (Skinny Dip).  The other one was amusing but just OK, but this one I found funny and engrossing the whole way through. Yes, everything gets tied up in a very neat little bow and it's a bit implausible, but the whole thing is so tongue-...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70029138">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="45279698">
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    <name><![CDATA[Theresa]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Corvallis, OR]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 30 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was surprised at how much insight Hiassen has into the dying newspaper industry. The main character's struggles with and defiance of the corporate bosses who value profit over news was really well crafted, and having just come from a newsroom, terribly accurate. I'd recommend it to anyone wanting ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45279698">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="45836630">
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    <name><![CDATA[Jenny.]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Too silly for my taste, but since a neighbor loaned it to me I read it. Orbits around the death of an old(er) rocker and his band mates, as they too go down one at a time. Narrated by a death obsessed obit writer- at least he's in the right business. Anyway, very so so which is what I thought about ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45836630">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="46108580">
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    <name><![CDATA[Debbie]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Feb 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Jack Tagger writes obituaries for a newspaper.  In his quest for a feature-worthy story, he stumbles upon the suspicious death of former rockstar, Jimmy Stoma.  Elements of the mystery include the grieving widow and the deaths of Stoma's former bandmates.  Before long, Jack is drawn into the mystery...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46108580">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="27461836">
    <user id="862037">
    <name><![CDATA[James]]></name>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Can't say that I would]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sat Sep 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sun Sep 28 05:24:59 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count>Once and only once</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I am a big fan of Mr. Hiaasen. That being said I was pretty disappointed in Basket Case. It took me over two years to read this book, simply because I didn’t care. It turned into the book I picked up and read a few pages in between the next thing I would read. The characters weren’t as interesti...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27461836">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Aug 11 19:39:41 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Entertaining book about a newspaper man. A good listen for an audiobook. Would probably have got 4 stars if the author didn't try to vicariously live out his improbable dream of a 20-something chick being interested in at 46 year old dude...]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu May 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu May 21 22:06:17 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this book...it was a good insight into the newspaper business, included an interesting mystery and wasn't knee deep in environmental preachiness like some of his other books.  It was a refreshing homage to eighties big hair rock bands.  ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Nov 12 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Nov 13 12:06:49 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Carl Hiassen is a highly entertaining writer, and I thought &quot;Skinny Dip&quot; was cheeky and hilarous. But this book dragged for me. I kept wanting the main character's frequent tangents to end. Maybe that's because this book was in part about the dying industry of journalism. But that made me ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35907608">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Sep 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Sep 14 18:53:20 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another funny Hiaasen read, full of South Florida crazies ... though a bit more understated than some other Hiaasen titles I have read. If I ever have a monitor lizard die on me, though, I know it's going into my freezer!]]></body>
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