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Copy/paste the text below into your blog. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13066.Sick_Puppy?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="Sick Puppy" border="0" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166536000m/13066.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13066.Sick_Puppy?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">Sick Puppy</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8178.Carl_Hiaasen">Carl Hiaasen</a><br/><br/> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27106066?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a> rating: 5 of 5 stars<br/>I laughed and laughed at this story. It's actually filled with so many characters who could be thought of as sick puppies, it's hard to decide who the title refers to! There's lobbyist Palmer Stoat, who loves nothing better than killing big game at his favorite big game killing establishment, which is oddly reminiscent of a theme park. There's Twilly Spree, good-intentioned though somewhat neurotic eco-terrorist. There's ex-Florida governor Clinton "Skink" Tyree, one of the scariest characters I've encountered. And finally, there's Boodle, Stoat's black Labrador retriever, who actually becomes a sick puppy after eating all the glass eyes plucked from Stoat's many mounted big game head trophies. This is after Twilly spots Stoat repeatedly throwing trash from his car, follows him home, breaks and enters and discovers the trophy room. He is so enraged by the countless dead animal heads, he proceeds to pop out all the glass eyes, which are promptly consumed by Boodle. Eventually, Twilly kidnaps Boodle, and strikes up a romance with Stoat's wife. There is a priceless sequence at the end which takes place at the big game park, in which Boodle plays a hilarious and pivotal role. I highly recommend this one. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/1302060?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>