Editing Sick Puppy (section)

== Continuity ==
*This book is the fourth appearance of Hiaasen's recurring character [[Clinton Tyree]], aka Skink, who was first introduced in ''[[Double Whammy (novel)|Double Whammy]]''.
*Twilly Spree reappears in Hiaasen's books ''[[Skinny Dip (novel)|Skinny Dip]]'' and ''[[Scat (novel)|Scat]]''.
*One of Palmer's lobbying clients, mentioned in passing, is a [[United States Congress]]woman wishing to reward [[sugar]] company executives who have "persuaded their Jamaican and Haitian cane pickers to donate generously - well beyond their means, in fact - to [her] reelection account." This scam - using the names of migrant workers to cover illegal [[Campaign finance in the United States|hard money]] donations - was also used by the sugar cane industry to support the corrupt Congressman Dilbeck in Hiaasen's novel ''[[Strip Tease (novel)|Strip Tease]]''.
*Palmer Stoat, in one of his many [[malapropism]]s, mis-quotes the [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] song "[[Thick as a Brick]]" by using the word "stick" instead.  Hiaasen used the same malapropism in the title of a January 5, 2018, column for the ''[[Miami Herald]]'', written as a mock apology letter from [[Steve Bannon]] to then-President [[Donald Trump]], attempting to explain away some of the statements attributed to Bannon in [[Michael Wolff (journalist)|Michael Wolff]]'s book ''[[Fire and Fury]]'', including his description of Trump's daughter [[Ivanka Trump|Ivanka]], appointed her father's Advisor, as "dumb as a brick."<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/carl-hiaasen/article193281959.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180106005808/http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/carl-hiaasen/article193281959.html| archive-date = 2018-01-06| title = As told by Carl Hiaasen, Steve Bannon clarifies his mean quotes about the Trumps in the Fire and Fury {{!}} Miami Herald| website = [[Miami Herald]]}}</ref>