My Books Are Character-driven. They're Not Driven

The Central Part Of The State Is More Remote And Less Scenic, And There's A Huge Agricultural Belt That Stretches From The South Of Lake Okeechobee To The Border Of Everglades National Park, Where The Restoration Effort Is Being Concentrated, .. Obviously The Movement To Save The Everglades Runs Up Against Agricultural Concerns.

I've Never Before Had The Same Main Character Appear In Consecutive Novels, But I Liked Yancy And His Attitude, And I Was Curious To See What Would Happen To Him After Bad Monkey. And I Liked The Idea Of Him Still Trying To Get His Detective Job Back While He's Stuck On Roach Patrol.

The Thieves Of Manhattan Is A Sly And Cutting Riff On The Book-publishing World That Is Quite Funny Unless You Happen To Be An Author, In Which Case The Novel Will Make You Consider A More Sensible Profession-like Being A Rodeo Clown, For Example, Or A Crab-fisherman In The Bering Sea.

The Tv Commercials, Which Are Endless And Fairly Crass, Gave Birth To Brock, The Bad-lawyer Character In Razor Girl. In Real Life You Can Find Even Sleazier Examples Than Him.

Nobody With An Iq Higher Than Emergency-room Temperature Could Ever Believe That 'death Panels' Would Be Appointed To Nudge The Elderly Toward Euthanasia. Yet For Idle Entertainment, It's Hard To Beat Sarah Palin's Ignorant Nattering On The Subject.