Carl Hiaasen is one of those authors whose name I see a lot, but I’ve never gotten around to reading-until now. Bad Monkey is a fractured story that follows the misfortunes of a half a dozen or so main characters. They each have a small turn in the spotlight before returning to our real hero, a former police officer turned health inspector named Yancy. Set in Florida and the Bahamas we run across con artists, poisonous food, unwanted real estate, and a slightly mad monkey. There are lots of funny bits here and there, even though the story contains a…