Novels about hitting the lotto?
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Novels about hitting the lotto?
Does anyone know of a novel where the characters win the lotto? I don't know why, but I'm interested in reading that type of book
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It's this crazy-ass short story about - wait! Let me see if I can find it online.
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Here's a link: http://mbhs.bergtraum.k12.ny.us/cyberen ... lotry.html
Read it. It's great
Wahoo! Victory!
Here's a link: http://mbhs.bergtraum.k12.ny.us/cyberen ... lotry.html
Read it. It's great
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Lottery by Anita Burgh is good.
Actually, most things by Anita Burgh are good!
Here's what she says about the novel: Lottery came about because I have always been fascinated by the effect money has on people's characters and lives. My own mother-in-law was extremely wealthy and I have often felt her life was ruined by too much too soon. This is a theme that I often come back to.
Actually, most things by Anita Burgh are good!
Here's what she says about the novel: Lottery came about because I have always been fascinated by the effect money has on people's characters and lives. My own mother-in-law was extremely wealthy and I have often felt her life was ruined by too much too soon. This is a theme that I often come back to.
I have one!!!
"Lucky You" by Carl Hiaasen . It's about a women who wins the lottery, but there were two winning tickets and the thugs that won the other half are after her to get her ticket so they can cash it in for the whole thing.
Has anyone read any Hiaasen? If not, please do!!!! His books have it all: murder, mystery, thrills, usually a love story, and a lot of laughs. He wrote the book that the movie "Striptease" is based on. I didn't see the movie. He is wonderful.
Here's his website:
http://www.carlhiaasen.com/
Here's what the "Lucky You" books is about:
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.
"Lucky You" by Carl Hiaasen . It's about a women who wins the lottery, but there were two winning tickets and the thugs that won the other half are after her to get her ticket so they can cash it in for the whole thing.
Has anyone read any Hiaasen? If not, please do!!!! His books have it all: murder, mystery, thrills, usually a love story, and a lot of laughs. He wrote the book that the movie "Striptease" is based on. I didn't see the movie. He is wonderful.
Here's his website:
http://www.carlhiaasen.com/
Here's what the "Lucky You" books is about:
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.