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JoLayne Lucks has just become the newest winner of the Florida State Lottery. Unfortunately, she has to share her winnings with the other winner, white supremacist Bodean Gazzer, who feels entitled to the whole pot. On the run from Gazzer, JoLayne teams up with journalist Tom Krone, and fights her hilarious way to justice. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1997.
| Size | | Height: | 6.5 in | | Width: | 4.0 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 8.0 oz |
Industry Reviews
"Hiaasen's commentary on wacky, paved-over Florida is both cheerful and scathing, the emerging love story joyful. He has a serious message--about racism, the environment and a wasteful culture--but it's sabotaged by his reliance on cheap gags."
San Francisco Chronicle Book Review - Patricia Holt (10/26/1997)
"Hiaasen writes witty dialogue that crackles, and his characters are eccentrically colorful. For the most part he is able to keep all his balls in the air, though occasionally he drops one and the plot flags....And, by the time we reach the end, exhaustion has set in, along with a sense that maybe we've been had and that Hiaasen has run out of steam. But never mind. The trip is entertaining and worrisome enough to make you think twice before making that next trip down to Florida."
New York Times Book Review - Charles Salzberg (11/16/1997)
"This time out, Hiaasen develops his plot just fast enough to hold the reader's attention yet slow enough for the author to squirt black bile at targets he thinks deserving."
New York Times - Christopher Lehmann-Haupt (11/17/1997)
"Just when you think Hiaasen can't outdo himself, he finds more lunatics who just happen to tap into your deepest fears about America. Makes you wonder."
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