Lunatics: A Novel by Dave BarryMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
The audio version of the book starts out with the two main characters yelling at each other over how many people, groups, countries, and other entities they need to apologize to. It is a high volume profanity-laced intro that was a bit off-putting at first. However, once the book started and I realized who each character was (meaning who Dave Barry was portraying and who Alan Zweibel was portraying) I was able to settle in and enjoy their ridiculously far-fetched, over-the-top tale. To try and describe it would be to do it a disservice. Madcap is a word that comes to mind - and that is a word that seldom comes to mind in this day and age.
Having read almost everything ever written by Dave Barry, I noticed that he took the opportunity to work in some of his favorite subjects - children's organized sports,dance recitals, low-flush toilets and disgusting bodily function scenarios - to name a few. There is some voice talent utilized to represent various news reporters and outlets and accents galore as this pair of nincompoops (another word that rarely comes to mind) manage to obliviously stumble their way through a world of trouble. And I'd say they come out smelling like roses, but that would not be the smell you will associate with them once you listen to this audiobook.
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