![]() ![]() Cleo plugs her new upcoming album Shipwrecked Heart, with a title song written by Jimmy and herself. Jack interviews Jimmy's widow, pop singer Cleo Rio, who says that Jimmy died in a diving accident in the Bahamas. Jimmy was the lead man of the rock band Jimmy and the Slut Puppies. Jack Tagger Jr., an obituary writer for the South Florida Union-Register, becomes intrigued upon seeing a death notice for James Bradley Stomarti, also known as Jimmy Stoma. It is quoted several times throughout the book, and is printed in its entirety at the end (credited to Jimmy Stoma and Warren Zevon). ![]() The song appears as the second track on Zevon's 2002 album My Ride's Here. While writing the book, Hiaasen collaborated with singer-songwriter Warren Zevon, a longtime friend. The book is named for the fictional Jimmy Stoma's song. In addition to being a murder mystery, the novel also explores a career in newspaper journalism, and is a screed against the downsizing of American newspapers and their corporate owners' emphasis on profitability over depth.Įxplanation of the novel's title In previous works, he used third-person view. This novel marks the first time Hiaasen used first-person point of view to deliver the novel. ![]() It is a crime novel set in Florida that centers on the death of singer Jimmy Stoma, the former lead man of "Jimmy and the Slut Puppies". Basket Case, published in 2002, is the ninth novel by Carl Hiaasen. ![]()
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