Slow Boat to the Ending

I'm currently reading Carl Hiassen's latest book, 'Bad Monkey.' I'm enjoying it so much I don't want it to end. I've read a few of his books, enjoyed them, but am really enjoying this one. It does seem to be better than the last few he's turned out, even as good as they were.

Giving nothing away, the book is funny. It's filled with a crew of characters whose application for employment at Wal-Mart would be turned down. Well, maybe one or two might get in.

How do you make the book last? Not finish it? Not a sensible option, since reading it is what is enjoyable. Not reading it is silly.

Read real slow. Out loud. Like you're trying to get a person who is hard of hearing to hear you? Also, not an option. Bothers others in the household who are watching 'I Dream of Jeannie' reruns.

Read it upside down? Yes.

It doesn't cost any more to do this, since all you have to do is turn the book upside down and start. Words staring with d, p and b are tough to get right at first, but you do get the hang of it. It doesn't change the meaning of anything either. The sentence can be as informative, or funny, as if it were right side up.

For example. Consider the monkey, Driggs, who has intervened in a confrontation between good and bad people

When you get through this passage upside down, it's just as funny an image of what's happening to the thug named Egg as when you're reading it right side up. And it's quite uncomfortable for the thug named Egg no matter how you look at it.

I'm at page 239 of a 317 page book. Upside down, the ending is a good way off.

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