Guess what I got in the trunk? An Igloo cooler. And guess what's in the cooler? A human head.'Shad violently expelled the cigar out the window. He wiped his mouth on the sleeve of his camo jacket.'No joke,' Garcia said. 'Property of one Francisco Goyo, deceased. I can't begin to tell you how much gas I've wasted on the case. The fat prick got dumped in a dozen different zip codes.''Why,' Shad asked, 'do you got his head in an Igloo?''So it won't stink up the car.
In this excerpt from "Strip Tease" by Carl Hiaasen, Shad and Garcia discuss discovering a human head in an Igloo cooler. Garcia reveals that the head belongs to Francisco Goyo, who has been murdered and dumped across multiple locations, complicating the investigation. The characters react with shock and a touch of dark humor to the macabre find.
Garcia explains the unusual choice of cooler by saying, "So it won't stink up the car," highlighting the grisly aspect with a bit of practical reasoning. The conversation underscores the bizarre and grim tone of the story, with characters dealing with gruesome crimes in a casual, even humorous manner.
