Lucky You, Carl Hiaasen
Lucky You, Carl Hiaasen
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Lucky You

Author: Carl Hiaasen

Narrator: George Newbern

Unabridged: 12 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/09/2013


Synopsis

Grange, Florida, is famous for its miracles--the weeping fiberglass Madonna, the Road-Stain Jesus, the stigmata man. And now it has JoLayne Lucks, unlikely winner of the state lottery.

Unfortunately, JoLayne's winning ticket isn't the only one. The other belongs to Bodean Gazzer and his raunchy sidekick, Chub, who believe they're entitled to the whole $28 million jackpot. And they need it quickly, to start their own underground militia before NATO troops invade America.

But JoLayne Lucks has her own plans for the Lotto money--an Eden-like forest in Grange must be saved from strip-malling. When Bode and Chub brutally assault her and steal her ticket, JoLayne vows to track them down, take it back--and get revenge.

The only one who can help is Tom Krome, a big-city investigative journalist now bitterly consigned to writing frothy features for a midsized central Florida newspaper. With a persuasive nudge from JoLayne, Krome is about to become part of a story that's bigger and more bizarre than anything he's ever covered.

Chasing two heavily armed psychopaths down the coast of Florida is reckless enough, but Tom's got other problems--the murderous attention of a jealous judge; an actress wife who turns fugitive to avoid divorce court; an editor who speaks in tongues; and Tom's own growing fondness for the future millionairess with whom he's risking his neck.

The pursuit takes them from the surreal streets of Grange to a buzzard-infested island deep in Florida Bay, where they finally catch up with the fledgling militia--Chub, Bode Gazzer, a newly recruited convenience-store clerk and their baffled hostage, a Hooters waitress.

The climax explodes with the hilarious mayhem that is Carl Hiaasen's hallmark. Lucky You is his funniest, most deliriously gripping novel yet.

About The Author

Carl Hiaasen was born and raised in Florida. He is the author of eleven previous novels, including the bestselling Nature Girl, Skinny Dip, Sick Puppy, and Lucky You, and three bestselling children’s books, Hoot, Flush, and Scat. His most recent work of nonfiction is The Downhill Lie: A Hacker’s Return to a Ruinous Sport. He also writes a weekly column for The Miami Herald.


Reviews

Goodreads review by aPriL does feral sometimes on January 20, 2018

The criminals in 'Lucky You' have the combined intellectual power of a 5-watt battery. Bodean Gazzer and Onus 'Chub' Gillespie are also rapists, white supremacists, and murderers. But even pond scum can get lucky. Bode discovers he has won half of a Florida $28,000,000 lottery jackpot! The other hal......more

Goodreads review by Mike on October 06, 2015

Once again Carl Hiaasen proves why he is one of my favorite authors! Enjoyable and entertaining from the start to finish! This a stand alone book, so can enjoy without reading Hiaasen before.......more

Goodreads review by C-shaw on September 01, 2017

This is the best Hiaasen book I've read so far! It has all the things that make him so readable, and then some: crazy fanatics of all sorts, mixed with a (very) few "normal" people, murder and mayhem like you wouldn't believe, bad folks getting their comeuppance in spades, plus multiple lottery winn......more

Goodreads review by Scott on July 19, 2012

Is everybody in Florida nuts? According to Carl Hiaasen, they are. And, oh, how gosh-darn hilarious they are, too. If you've never read a Hiaasen novel, you should consider yourself lucky, only because you have the opportunity to discover and enjoy them. He's one of the few authors that I can re-rea......more