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Start: 2:00 pm
One of them is a bestselling Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist. The other is a winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor. Together, they form the League of Comic Justice, battling evildoers in the name of . . . Okay, we made that line up. WhatDave Barry and Alan Zweibel do form is a writing team of pure comic genius, and they will have you laughing like idiots.Philip Horkman is a happy man-the owner of a pet store called The Wine Shop, and on Sundays a referee for kids' soccer. Jeffrey Peckerman is the sole sane person in a world filled with goddamned jerks and morons, and he's having a really bad day. The two of them are about to collide in a swiftly escalating series of events that will send them running for their lives, pursued by the police, soldiers, terrorists, subversives, bears, and a man dressed as Chuck E. Cheese.Where that all takes them you can't begin to guess, but the literary journey in Lunatics (Putnam, $25.95) is a masterpiece of inspiration and mayhem. But what else would you expect from the League of Comic Justice?TICKETS REQUIRED. Free tickets available at Books & Books stores in Coral Gables, Bal Harbour Shops, and Miami Beach. Tickets will be available beginning December 22.
Start: 7:00 pm
In Somebody's Daughter: The Hidden Story of America's Prostituted Children and the Battle to Save Them (Chicago Review Press, $24.95), meet the girls who are fighting for their dignity, the cops who are trying to rescue them, and the community activists battling to protect the nation's most forsaken children. Author Julian Sher takes you behind the scenes to expose one of America’s most underreported crimes: A girl from New Jersey gets arrested in Las Vegas and, at great risk to her own life, helps the FBI take down a million-dollar pimping empire. An abused teenager in Texas has the courage to take the stand in a grueling trial that sends her pimp away for 75 years. Survivors of the sex trade in New York, Phoenix, and Minneapolis set up shelters and rescue centers that offer young girls a chance to break free from the streets. Somebody's Daughter is a call to action, shining a light on America’s dirty little secret. Presented in collaboration with the Women’s Fund.
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