Hall, James W.

1 publication

Hiaasen, Carl; Leonard, Elmore; Barry, Dave; Buchanan, Edna; Hall, James W.; Standiford, Les; Levine, Paul; Hospital, Carolina; Due, Tananarive; Dufresne, John; Hendricks, Vicki; Antomi, Brian; Mayerson, Evelyn (detail)
1997Naked came the manatee.
New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons: 1-201.
—Rev.: People, Mar. 3, 1997: 35. Originally serialized in The Miami Herald Tropic Sunday magazine, 1995-96. Written by 13 authors (one chapter each) and set in south Florida, this is the first mystery novel to feature a manatee as a major character (he appears in each chapter and actually contributes to the action). The cover, title page, and chapter title pages, however, are unaccountably adorned with the silhouette of a dugong. The book was evidently inspired by Naked Came the Stranger, a 1969 literary spoof by Mike McGrady and a group of other journalists writing under the pen name "Penelope Ashe".