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 want the whole $28 million jackpot to start their own underground militia.But … militia.
But JoLayne Lucks has her own plans for the Lotto money, and when Bode and Chub brutally assault her and steal her ticket, she 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 writing frothy features for a mid-sized newspaper. He 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 is reckless enough, but Tom’s got other problems-including his fugitive wife and his own growing fondness for the future millionairess with whom he’s risking his neck.
The pursuit takes them to a buzzard-infested island deep in Florida Bay, where they finally catch up with the fledgling militia-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.
BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Carl Hiaasen’s Bad Monkey.
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Lucky You is a vintage Carl Hiaasen read. Jolene Lucks hails from Grange, Florida. A town famous for quirky miracles. JoLayne has a winning lottery ticket, unfortunately so does psychotic militia head Bodean Gazzer. When Bodean and his pal Chubb assault and steal JoLayne’s winning ticket all bets are off. Tom Krome, a once big city journalist now …
Lots of laughs in this Carl Hiaasen adventure. Greed abounds in this tale of two lottery winners. There is an entire town devoted to religious tourism (all frauds), racist rednecks, and a reporter trying to stay one step ahead of the judge trying to have him killed for sleeping with his wife. With the real news being so depressing to start 2017, …
Need a break from Covid? Here’s your perfect escape. A pea-brained redneck white supremacist organizing his own militia, religious whackos busy scamming the faithful, and heavily armed money-laundering thugs all in search of a $28 million winning lotto ticket owned by a veterinarian’s assistant who wants only to save some turtles from the clutches …
Hiassen always a good read
Carl is good
This is one of my favorite Hiasson book. This man is seriously disturbed and writes the funniest books with ironic twists.
One of his best – I can’t believe this hasn’t been made into a feature film!
Lucky You is a funny tale by Carl Hiaasen. What else is new? But it is also a tale of greed and power. JoLayne Lucks wins half of the Florida Lottery, a cool $14 million. However, the other half is won by Bodean James Gazzer, a white supremacist wanna be with a low IQ. His pal Chub is also at the low end of the IQ scale. Together, they hatch a …
Very enjoyable read.
Love all of Carl Hiasen’s books. They never disappoint.
This was one of those books that causes you to laugh out loud when you are reading. The characters in this book were unusual and wonderful simultaneously. The only thing that kept me from giving it 5 stars was the way it ended; the ending was OK, but not as good as the rest of the work. If you have read Hiaasen, this is a good place to start.
Oh, the times you’ll have reading a Carl Hiaasen book! This one, especially, is a southern white-trash gem. *SPOILERS* There are two winning lotto tickets. One was bought by a lovely, veterinarian assistant named JoLayne Lucks, who only wants to use the money to buy some forest land to let her rescued turtles free on. Unluckily for her, the owners …
“Suspense” is one of those words that, in fiction, we probably take too much for granted as implying apprehension and associate purely with the sinister. We expect to experience suspense when reading a mystery, horror, science fiction or adventure story, but we forget that it can enter into even the homiest of tales–e.g., Jane Austen’s PRIDE AND …
You have to love Hiassen. His stories are witty and entertaining and his characters are quirky and multi-dimensional. Like Elmore Leonard, who also wrote books similar in sub-genre, Hiassen writes books that you can’t put down.
As with all of Mr. Hiassen’s book has it’s twists and turns and it’s character’s are imaginative and absolutely hysterical.
Carl Hiaasen writes some of the funniest books ever.