Lucky You [J0416]

2005 PB reprint of the 1997 original, in nice clean condition. An early Carl Hiaasen that you may have missed! JoLayne Lucks lies in a town infamous for its suspicious miracles, but she's still elated when her lottery numbers finally pay off big - $28 million to be exact. And she has great plans for her fortune: to save a rare piece of Florida paradise from the bulldozers. Only one problem: There's another winning Lotto ticket, and the people who've got it just never learned how to share. When the two militia wannabes swipe JoLayne's ticket, she enlists an off-the-rails newspaperman to help her track down the trigger-happy creeps and their bewildered hostage, a Hooters waitress. Getting rich quick is never easy.

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "Like the several other Hiaasen books I've read, this one is a zany, laugh out loud bizarre ride. The characters are impossible, yet captivating, and I couldn't wait to see what was coming next."; "The story centers on 2 winning lottery tickets and how one man's greed spirals into the launching of a misnamed white supremacist paramilitary organization (comprised of the 2 men who share one of the tickets) -misnamed because it is actually the name of a band that chose the name ironically. That turns into a bad tattoo."; "While this book is funny as all get out, it carries a very serious undercurrent within the pages. Racism, anti-semitism, bigotry and sexism are all over this book. The language is raw and the subject matter cringe and tough at times. It is the perfect way to TEACH others about really bad behavior and who you DO NOT want to be like."; "A cast of thousands (I exaggerate) - so many characters that I had to keep a running list of who was who. However the story line, as usual in a Hiaasen novel, is full of humour and a great plot."