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?

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Lunatics (Hardcover)

By Dave Barry, Alan Zweibel

$25.95

ISBN-13: 9780399158698
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Putnam Adult, 1/2012

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