How lucky : a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 9780063073098 (hardcover)
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Physical Description:
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290 pages ; 22 cm - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
Awards Note: | ALA Alex Award. |
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Subject: | People with disabilities -- Fiction Kidnapping -- Fiction Athens (Ga.) -- Fiction |
Genre: | Thrillers (Fiction) |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at University College of the North Libraries.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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The Pas Campus Library | PS 3612 .E35928 H69 2021 (Text) | 58500000803817 | Stacks | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Unable to speak or move without a wheelchair, Daniel, spending hours observing his neighborhood from his front porch, believes he has witnessed the kidnapping of a young college student and vows to solve this mystery. - Baker & Taylor
Unable to speak or move without a wheelchair, Daniel, spending hours observing his neighborhood from his front porch, believes he has witnessed the kidnapping of a young college student and vows to solve this mystery. 40,000 first printing. - HARPERCOLL
2022 Edgar Award Nominee for Best Novel
âA fantastic novel. . . . You are going to like this a lot.ââStephen King
âWhatâs more thrilling than a fictional character speaking to us in a voice we havenât heard before, a voice so authentic and immediateâthink Huck Finn, Holden Caulfield, Mattie Rossâthat we suspect it mustâve been there all along, that we somehow managed to miss it? Daniel, the protagonist of Will Leitchâs smart, funny, heartbreaking new novel How Lucky, is just such a voice, and Iâm not sure it will ever completely leave my head, or that I want it to.ââRichard Russo
For readers of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and Nothing to See Here, a first novel as suspenseful and funny as it is moving, the unforgettable story of a fiercely resilient young man living with a physical disability, and his efforts to solve a mystery unfolding right outside his door.Â
Daniel leads a rich life in the university town of Athens, Georgia. Heâs got a couple close friends, a steady paycheck working for a regional airline, and of course, for a few glorious days each Fall, college football tailgates. He considers himself to be a mostly lucky guyâdespite the fact that heâs suffered from a debilitating disease since he was a small child, one that has left him unable to speak or to move without a wheelchair.Â
Largely confined to his home, Daniel spends the hours heâs not online communicating with irate air travelers observing his neighborhood from his front porch. One young woman passes by so frequently that spotting her out the window has almost become part of his daily routine. Until the day heâs almost sure he sees her being kidnapped...