Native Tongue (52 page)

“Our love was like a streaking comet.” Yancy paused. “Her words, not mine.”

“Did you take a look at it? The …?”

“Arm? Yes, Burton insisted.”

“Any theories?”

“No,” said Yancy. “But it makes a dandy back-scratcher.”

“Call me on your way back from Miami. I want some happy news.”

Carl Hiaasen was born and raised in Florida. He is the author of twelve novels, including the best-selling
Nature Girl, Skinny Dip, Sick Puppy
, and
Lucky You
, and three best-selling children’s books,
Hoot, Flush
, and
Scat
. His most recent work of nonfiction is
The Downhill Lie: A Hacker’s Return to a Ruinous Sport
. He also writes a weekly column for
The Miami Herald
.

THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK
PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF

Copyright © 1991 by Carl Hiaasen
Excerpt from
Bad Monkey
Copyright © 2013 by Carl Hiaasen.

All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Alfred
A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and in
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Knopf, Borzoi Books, and the colophon are registered
trademarks of Random House, Inc.

Grateful acknowledgment is made to the following for
permission to reprint previously published material:
CBS Music
Publishing:
Excerpt from “Instant Karma,” by John Lennon.
Copyright © 1970 by Lenono Music. All rights administered by
CBS Music Publishing, 8 Music Square West, Nashville,
Tennessee.
Zevon Music:
Excerpt from “Werewolves of London,” by
LeRoy P. Marinell, Waddy Wachtel and Warren Zevon. Copyright
© 1975 by Zevon Music and Polite Music. All rights reserved.
Used by permission.

eISBN: 978-0-307-76742-4

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and
incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination
or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons,
living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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