Barry Dave - Lunatics

PRAISE FOR

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? Its 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

The gaggle of guffaws and giggles begins with the prologue and doesnt end until the last page.

Pop Culture Classics

A novel for those who love one-liners, outrageous characters and loopy plots.

Kirkus Reviews

Im a fan and admirer of both writers, and I can tell you that... the book is hilarious.

New York Times Crossword Blog

A s**tload of hilarious fun that requires the presence of food to stay no [less] than twenty feet away. Do you want the book to be spit on? I didnt think so.

The Kentucky Democrat

Creative, unusual and over the top. The outlandish scenarios are certainly entertaining, and as bizarre as their adventures are, theres a strange sense of believability to the story. That helps keep the story fresh and the pages turning.

The Associated Press

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, theres gonna be a big, big bang. A rocket-fueled romp whose pages practically turn themselves.

BookPage

PRAISE FOR DAVE BARRYS

Ill Mature When Im Dead

Despite years of medication, Dave Barry is still the funniest damn writer in the whole country. Lets hope he never grows up.

Carl Hiaasen

Im so pleased to have received an advance copy of Daves book and use most of the material myself. He is truly the funniest man living in the three mile safe zone off the shores of America.

Steve Martin

Dave Barrys best book so far, which is saying a lot. We in the print media are seeing our world collapse around us. There arent enough newspapers left to line the bottom of a canary cage. Magazines are thinner than my hair. And writing is done only on Wii. But heres Dave Barry, flourishing like never before, with a book thats funnier than ever, greeted with clamorous demand by eager hordes of fans. Lets kill him.

P. J. ORourke

Fans know what to expect from Dave Barry: joke-packed prose and one-liners... and Ill Mature When Im Dead continues that tradition.

The Associated Press

PRAISE FOR ALAN ZWEIBEL

Alan Zweibel has earned a place in the pantheon of American pop culture.

TheNew York Times

Should solidify his place among American satirists.

Publishers Weekly on Clothing Optional and Other Ways to Read These Stories

A faultless piece of bibliotherapy for children working through loss.

Kirkus Reviews (starred) on Our Tree Named Steve

Entertaining, funny... winning deadpan humor... [Zweibel] writes with a jaundiced satirical eye.

Los Angeles Times Book Review on The Other Shulman

I knew Gilda. I loved Gilda. I love this book.

Billy Crystal on Bunny Bunny: Gilda RadnerA Sort of Love Story

OTHER BOOKS BY DAVE BARRY

FICTION

The Bridge to Never Land (with Ridley Pearson)

Peter and the Sword of Mercy (with Ridley Pearson)

Science Fair (with Ridley Pearson)

Peter and the Secret of Rundoon (with Ridley Pearson)

Cave of the Dark Wind (with Ridley Pearson)

The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog

Escape from the Carnivale (with Ridley Pearson)

Peter and the Shadow Thieves (with Ridley Pearson)

Peter and the Starcatchers (with Ridley Pearson)

Tricky Business

Big Trouble

NONFICTION

Ill Mature When Im Dead

Dave Barrys History of the Millennium (So Far)

Dave Barrys Money Secrets

Boogers Are My Beat

Dave Barry Hits Below the Beltway

Dave Barry Is Not Taking This Sitting Down

Dave Barry Turns 50

Dave Barry Is from Mars and Venus

Dave Barrys Book of Bad Songs

Dave Barry in Cyberspace

Dave Barrys Complete Guide to Guys

Dave Barry Is Not Making This Up

Dave Barry Does Japan

Dave Barrys Only Travel Guide Youll Ever Need

Dave Barry Talks Back

Dave Barry Turns 40

Dave Barry Slept Here

Dave Barrys Greatest Hits

Dave Barrys Homes and Other Black Holes

Dave Barrys Guide to Marriage and/or Sex

Dave Barrys Bad Habits

Claw Your Way to the Top

Stay Fit and Healthy Until Youre Dead

Babies and Other Hazards of Sex

The Taming of the Screw

OTHER BOOKS BY ALAN ZWEIBEL

Clothing Optional: And Other Ways to Read These Stories

The Other Shulman: A Novel

Bunny Bunny: Gilda RadnerA Sort of Love Story

Our Tree Named Steve (childrens book)

North

Dave Barry

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Alan Zweibel

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Copyright 2012 by Dave Barry and Alan Zweibel.

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