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Lunatics

A Novel

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Length 7 hours 2 minutes
Language English
Narrators Dave Barry, Alan Zweibel, Mark Thompson, Sean Kenin & Orlagh Cassidy

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One of them is a bestselling Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist. The other is a winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor. Together, they form the League of Comic Justice, battling evildoers in the name of . . . Okay, we made that line up. What they do form is a writing team of pure comic genius, and they will have you laughing like idiots.

Philip Horkman is a happy man-the owner of a pet store called The Wine Shop, and on Sundays a referee for kids' soccer. Jeffrey Peckerman is the sole sane person in a world filled with goddamned jerks and morons, and he's having a really bad day. The two of them are about to collide in a swiftly escalating series of events that will send them running for their lives, pursued by the police, soldiers, terrorists, subversives, bears, and a man dressed as Chuck E. Cheese.

Where that all takes them you can't begin to guess, but the literary journey there is a masterpiece of inspiration and mayhem. But what else would you expect from the League of Comic Justice?

AUTHOR BIOS: Dave Barry's recent bestselling books include his Peter Pan prequels, written with Ridley Pearson; Dave Barry's History of the Millennium (So Far); and I'll Mature When I'm Dead. He lives in Coral Gables, Florida. To learn more about Dave Barry, please visit www.davebarry.com.

Alan Zweibel is one of the original Saturday Night Live writer, the winner of multiple Emmy Awards for his television work and the Thurber Prize for his novel The Other Shulman, and collaborator with Billy Crystal on the Tony Award-winning play 700 Sundays. He lives in Short Hills, New Jersey. To learn more about Alan Zweibel, please visit www.alanzweibel.com.

From 1983 to 2004, Dave Barry wrote a weekly humor column for The Miami Herald, which in 1988 won a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. He is the author of more than thirty books, including such bestsellers as the nonfiction Live Right and Find Happiness (Although Beer Is Much Faster), You Can Date Boys When You're Forty, and I'll Mature When I'm Dead; the novels Big Trouble, Tricky Business, and Insane City; the very successful YA Peter Pan novels (with Ridley Pearson); and his Christmas story The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog. Two of his booksโ€”Big Trouble and Dave Barry's Guide to Guysโ€”have been turned into movies. For a while, his life was even a television series, Dave's World, but then it was canceled. The series. Not the life. For many years, Dave was also a guitarist with the late, infamous, and strangely unlamented band the Rock Bottom Remainders.

An originalย Saturday Night Liveย writer,ย Alan Zweibelย has won numerous Emmy and Writers Guild of America Awards for his work in television, which includesย Itโ€™s Garry Shandlingโ€™s Showย andย Curb Your Enthusiasm. He is the author of the Thurber Prize-winning novelย The Other Shulman;ย Bunny Bunny: Gilda Radnerโ€“A Sort of Love Story; and the popular childrenโ€™s bookย Our Tree Named Steve. He also collaborated with Billy Crystal on his Tony Award-winning Broadway show,ย 700 Sundays. Alan and his wife, Robin, live in New Jersey and have three children.

From 1983 to 2004, Dave Barry wrote a weekly humor column for The Miami Herald, which in 1988 won a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. He is the author of more than thirty books, including such bestsellers as the nonfiction Live Right and Find Happiness (Although Beer Is Much Faster), You Can Date Boys When You're Forty, and I'll Mature When I'm Dead; the novels Big Trouble, Tricky Business, and Insane City; the very successful YA Peter Pan novels (with Ridley Pearson); and his Christmas story The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog. Two of his booksโ€”Big Trouble and Dave Barry's Guide to Guysโ€”have been turned into movies. For a while, his life was even a television series, Dave's World, but then it was canceled. The series. Not the life. For many years, Dave was also a guitarist with the late, infamous, and strangely unlamented band the Rock Bottom Remainders.

An originalย Saturday Night Liveย writer,ย Alan Zweibelย has won numerous Emmy and Writers Guild of America Awards for his work in television, which includesย Itโ€™s Garry Shandlingโ€™s Showย andย Curb Your Enthusiasm. He is the author of the Thurber Prize-winning novelย The Other Shulman;ย Bunny Bunny: Gilda Radnerโ€“A Sort of Love Story; and the popular childrenโ€™s bookย Our Tree Named Steve. He also collaborated with Billy Crystal on his Tony Award-winning Broadway show,ย 700 Sundays. Alan and his wife, Robin, live in New Jersey and have three children.

From 1983 to 2004, Dave Barry wrote a weekly humor column for The Miami Herald, which in 1988 won a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. He is the author of more than thirty books, including such bestsellers as the nonfiction Live Right and Find Happiness (Although Beer Is Much Faster), You Can Date Boys When You're Forty, and I'll Mature When I'm Dead; the novels Big Trouble, Tricky Business, and Insane City; the very successful YA Peter Pan novels (with Ridley Pearson); and his Christmas story The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog. Two of his booksโ€”Big Trouble and Dave Barry's Guide to Guysโ€”have been turned into movies. For a while, his life was even a television series, Dave's World, but then it was canceled. The series. Not the life. For many years, Dave was also a guitarist with the late, infamous, and strangely unlamented band the Rock Bottom Remainders.

An originalย Saturday Night Liveย writer,ย Alan Zweibelย has won numerous Emmy and Writers Guild of America Awards for his work in television, which includesย Itโ€™s Garry Shandlingโ€™s Showย andย Curb Your Enthusiasm. He is the author of the Thurber Prize-winning novelย The Other Shulman;ย Bunny Bunny: Gilda Radnerโ€“A Sort of Love Story; and the popular childrenโ€™s bookย Our Tree Named Steve. He also collaborated with Billy Crystal on his Tony Award-winning Broadway show,ย 700 Sundays. Alan and his wife, Robin, live in New Jersey and have three children.

From 1983 to 2004, Dave Barry wrote a weekly humor column for The Miami Herald, which in 1988 won a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. He is the author of more than thirty books, including such bestsellers as the nonfiction Live Right and Find Happiness (Although Beer Is Much Faster), You Can Date Boys When You're Forty, and I'll Mature When I'm Dead; the novels Big Trouble, Tricky Business, and Insane City; the very successful YA Peter Pan novels (with Ridley Pearson); and his Christmas story The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog. Two of his booksโ€”Big Trouble and Dave Barry's Guide to Guysโ€”have been turned into movies. For a while, his life was even a television series, Dave's World, but then it was canceled. The series. Not the life. For many years, Dave was also a guitarist with the late, infamous, and strangely unlamented band the Rock Bottom Remainders.

An originalย Saturday Night Liveย writer,ย Alan Zweibelย has won numerous Emmy and Writers Guild of America Awards for his work in television, which includesย Itโ€™s Garry Shandlingโ€™s Showย andย Curb Your Enthusiasm. He is the author of the Thurber Prize-winning novelย The Other Shulman;ย Bunny Bunny: Gilda Radnerโ€“A Sort of Love Story; and the popular childrenโ€™s bookย Our Tree Named Steve. He also collaborated with Billy Crystal on his Tony Award-winning Broadway show,ย 700 Sundays. Alan and his wife, Robin, live in New Jersey and have three children.

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Reviews

“The aptly titled Lunatics delivers exactly what one would expect from two award-winning humorists: an outrageously funny, irreverent, over-the-top comic mystery. How funny is Lunatics? It’s the sort of book that inspires snorts, may make you spit out your soda and burst into hysterical laughter in public.”—The Miami Herald

“A screwball comedy of errors and a rare political satire. Barry and Zweibel bring us what we need: comic relief.”—The Boston Globe

“Creative, unusual and over the top. The outlandish scenarios are certainly entertaining, and as bizarre as their adventures are, there’s a strange sense of believability to the story. That helps keep the story fresh and the pages turning.”—Associated Press

“A novel who those who love one-liners, outrageous characters and loopy plots. An antidote, if one is needed, to gritty urban realism.” —Kirkus Reviews

“Putting Barry and Zweibel in close proximity is sort of like juggling torches while walking a wire over a vat of kerosene; sooner or later, there’s gonna be a big, big bang. A rocket-fueled romp whose pages practically turn themselves.”—BookPage Expand reviews
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