Title:
Lunatics
Author:
Dave Barry and Alan ZweibelRead by: Dave Barry and Alan Zweibel
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Length: 6 CDs, approximately 7 hours
Source: Review Copy from Penguin Audio
Life has been pretty stressful lately. I am always looking for a good book that will
make me laugh. Lunatics definitely fit
that bill. I don’t know if I’ve ever
laughed out loud so many times as I drive to and from work.
Philip Horkman is a happy laid back man who has
realized his dream in life by owning his own pet store, The Wine Shop. On the weekends he is a referee for children’s
soccer. His life changes forever when he
makes a call against Jeffrey Peckerman’s daughter. Peckerman is an uptight forensic plumber that
is sure that he is always right and surrounded by idiots. The two find themselves in a quickly
escalating turn of events that soon finds them running from the law and
becoming international fugitives / heroes?
I really like how Dave Barry and Alan Zweibel wrote
this book. They each took a turn writing
a chapter so each chapter is either narrated by Horkman or Peckerman. The total difference in the two guys’ interpretation
of events provides much of the hilarity.
The ridiculousness also was quite funny.
I must admit though that I thought it did go a bit too far by the time I
got to the end of the book. I wasn’t
laughing by that point, but overall I still enjoyed it.
The two authors narrate the audiobook and do a
superb job of giving their characters unique voices. I listened to this audiobook as part of TheAudiobook Challenge 2012.
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