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"Don't you hate it when this happens?"

…that’s what the business card asks Jonny X67, dream architect to the rich and jaded. It’s all the thieves who stole his house left behind. And if that weren’t bad enough, a saleswoman named Caroline E61 drops from the sky to sell him a set of encyclopedias and won’t take no for an answer. Can his luck get any worse?

In this rip-roaring roller-coaster ride through a brilliantly imagined future of paranoid absurdity, Jonny X will learn the answer soon enough when he falls afoul of a lunatic motorcycle gang nicknamed the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, a relentless Belgian assassin, and his own irate girlfriend. Traversing a cityscape whose neighborhoods are organized by musical genres, running into joke-telling elevators and holographic computer viruses, Jonny is about to learn what a nightmare it’s going to be to get his old life back in a reality warping faster than the speed of the imagination. Outrageous Fortune heralds a marvelous new talent sure to be delightfully altering the minds of readers for years to come.]]> 1347061 2 1336706 29 5 2007 Outrageous Fortune total:88|5:13|4:15|3:33|2:17|1:10| 88 268 126 29 361736 3.06 128 44 64618501 828499 1347061 0553384406 9780553384406 27 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182898408m/1347061.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182898408s/1347061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1347061.Outrageous_Fortune 3.06 85
"Don't you hate it when this happens?"

…that’s what the business card asks Jonny X67, dream architect to the rich and jaded. It’s all the thieves who stole his house left behind. And if that weren’t bad enough, a saleswoman named Caroline E61 drops from the sky to sell him a set of encyclopedias and won’t take no for an answer. Can his luck get any worse?

In this rip-roaring roller-coaster ride through a brilliantly imagined future of paranoid absurdity, Jonny X will learn the answer soon enough when he falls afoul of a lunatic motorcycle gang nicknamed the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, a relentless Belgian assassin, and his own irate girlfriend. Traversing a cityscape whose neighborhoods are organized by musical genres, running into joke-telling elevators and holographic computer viruses, Jonny is about to learn what a nightmare it’s going to be to get his old life back in a reality warping faster than the speed of the imagination. Outrageous Fortune heralds a marvelous new talent sure to be delightfully altering the minds of readers for years to come.]]> 2007 3 0 false Tue Jul 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 23:13:21 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 23:39:55 -0700 2009 1
It's kind of unfair to describe a book by comparing...more...]]> 63722603 1461353 1347061 0553384406 9780553384406 27 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182898408m/1347061.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182898408s/1347061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1347061.Outrageous_Fortune 3.05 88
"Don't you hate it when this happens?"

…that’s what the business card asks Jonny X67, dream architect to the rich and jaded. It’s all the thieves who stole his house left behind. And if that weren’t bad enough, a saleswoman named Caroline E61 drops from the sky to sell him a set of encyclopedias and won’t take no for an answer. Can his luck get any worse?

In this rip-roaring roller-coaster ride through a brilliantly imagined future of paranoid absurdity, Jonny X will learn the answer soon enough when he falls afoul of a lunatic motorcycle gang nicknamed the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, a relentless Belgian assassin, and his own irate girlfriend. Traversing a cityscape whose neighborhoods are organized by musical genres, running into joke-telling elevators and holographic computer viruses, Jonny is about to learn what a nightmare it’s going to be to get his old life back in a reality warping faster than the speed of the imagination. Outrageous Fortune heralds a marvelous new talent sure to be delightfully altering the minds of readers for years to come.]]> 2007 1 0 false Fri Jul 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 09:28:11 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 10:02:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 15422860 273793 1347061 0553384406 9780553384406 27 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182898408m/1347061.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182898408s/1347061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1347061.Outrageous_Fortune 3.05 88
"Don't you hate it when this happens?"

…that’s what the business card asks Jonny X67, dream architect to the rich and jaded. It’s all the thieves who stole his house left behind. And if that weren’t bad enough, a saleswoman named Caroline E61 drops from the sky to sell him a set of encyclopedias and won’t take no for an answer. Can his luck get any worse?

In this rip-roaring roller-coaster ride through a brilliantly imagined future of paranoid absurdity, Jonny X will learn the answer soon enough when he falls afoul of a lunatic motorcycle gang nicknamed the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, a relentless Belgian assassin, and his own irate girlfriend. Traversing a cityscape whose neighborhoods are organized by musical genres, running into joke-telling elevators and holographic computer viruses, Jonny is about to learn what a nightmare it’s going to be to get his old life back in a reality warping faster than the speed of the imagination. Outrageous Fortune heralds a marvelous new talent sure to be delightfully altering the minds of readers for years to come.]]> 2007 1 1 false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 14 12:21:09 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 14 12:58:11 -0800 2008
The firs...more...]]> 3825582 210414 1347061 0553384406 9780553384406 27 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182898408m/1347061.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182898408s/1347061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1347061.Outrageous_Fortune 3.05 88
"Don't you hate it when this happens?"

…that’s what the business card asks Jonny X67, dream architect to the rich and jaded. It’s all the thieves who stole his house left behind. And if that weren’t bad enough, a saleswoman named Caroline E61 drops from the sky to sell him a set of encyclopedias and won’t take no for an answer. Can his luck get any worse?

In this rip-roaring roller-coaster ride through a brilliantly imagined future of paranoid absurdity, Jonny X will learn the answer soon enough when he falls afoul of a lunatic motorcycle gang nicknamed the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, a relentless Belgian assassin, and his own irate girlfriend. Traversing a cityscape whose neighborhoods are organized by musical genres, running into joke-telling elevators and holographic computer viruses, Jonny is about to learn what a nightmare it’s going to be to get his old life back in a reality warping faster than the speed of the imagination. Outrageous Fortune heralds a marvelous new talent sure to be delightfully altering the minds of readers for years to come.]]> 2007 0 0 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 30 19:40:25 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 02:57:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> 71355745 41751 1347061 0553384406 9780553384406 27 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182898408m/1347061.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182898408s/1347061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1347061.Outrageous_Fortune 3.05 88
"Don't you hate it when this happens?"

…that’s what the business card asks Jonny X67, dream architect to the rich and jaded. It’s all the thieves who stole his house left behind. And if that weren’t bad enough, a saleswoman named Caroline E61 drops from the sky to sell him a set of encyclopedias and won’t take no for an answer. Can his luck get any worse?

In this rip-roaring roller-coaster ride through a brilliantly imagined future of paranoid absurdity, Jonny X will learn the answer soon enough when he falls afoul of a lunatic motorcycle gang nicknamed the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, a relentless Belgian assassin, and his own irate girlfriend. Traversing a cityscape whose neighborhoods are organized by musical genres, running into joke-telling elevators and holographic computer viruses, Jonny is about to learn what a nightmare it’s going to be to get his old life back in a reality warping faster than the speed of the imagination. Outrageous Fortune heralds a marvelous new talent sure to be delightfully altering the minds of readers for years to come.]]> 2007 3 0 false Wed Sep 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 18:24:46 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 07:30:56 -0700 2009
What's not to love?

I didn't see the end coming. And I didn't like how it was very British but set in California. I also ...more...]]> 46482834 1880143 1347061 0553384406 9780553384406 27 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182898408m/1347061.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182898408s/1347061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1347061.Outrageous_Fortune 3.05 88
"Don't you hate it when this happens?"

…that’s what the business card asks Jonny X67, dream architect to the rich and jaded. It’s all the thieves who stole his house left behind. And if that weren’t bad enough, a saleswoman named Caroline E61 drops from the sky to sell him a set of encyclopedias and won’t take no for an answer. Can his luck get any worse?

In this rip-roaring roller-coaster ride through a brilliantly imagined future of paranoid absurdity, Jonny X will learn the answer soon enough when he falls afoul of a lunatic motorcycle gang nicknamed the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, a relentless Belgian assassin, and his own irate girlfriend. Traversing a cityscape whose neighborhoods are organized by musical genres, running into joke-telling elevators and holographic computer viruses, Jonny is about to learn what a nightmare it’s going to be to get his old life back in a reality warping faster than the speed of the imagination. Outrageous Fortune heralds a marvelous new talent sure to be delightfully altering the minds of readers for years to come.]]> 2007 5 0 false Mon Dec 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 15 21:33:58 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 21:36:07 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 66734937 2553419 1347061 0553384406 9780553384406 27 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182898408m/1347061.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182898408s/1347061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1347061.Outrageous_Fortune 3.05 88
"Don't you hate it when this happens?"

…that’s what the business card asks Jonny X67, dream architect to the rich and jaded. It’s all the thieves who stole his house left behind. And if that weren’t bad enough, a saleswoman named Caroline E61 drops from the sky to sell him a set of encyclopedias and won’t take no for an answer. Can his luck get any worse?

In this rip-roaring roller-coaster ride through a brilliantly imagined future of paranoid absurdity, Jonny X will learn the answer soon enough when he falls afoul of a lunatic motorcycle gang nicknamed the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, a relentless Belgian assassin, and his own irate girlfriend. Traversing a cityscape whose neighborhoods are organized by musical genres, running into joke-telling elevators and holographic computer viruses, Jonny is about to learn what a nightmare it’s going to be to get his old life back in a reality warping faster than the speed of the imagination. Outrageous Fortune heralds a marvelous new talent sure to be delightfully altering the minds of readers for years to come.]]> 2007 2 0 false Sun Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 07:56:18 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 08:00:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 28241933 251662 1347061 0553384406 9780553384406 27 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182898408m/1347061.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182898408s/1347061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1347061.Outrageous_Fortune 3.05 88
"Don't you hate it when this happens?"

…that’s what the business card asks Jonny X67, dream architect to the rich and jaded. It’s all the thieves who stole his house left behind. And if that weren’t bad enough, a saleswoman named Caroline E61 drops from the sky to sell him a set of encyclopedias and won’t take no for an answer. Can his luck get any worse?

In this rip-roaring roller-coaster ride through a brilliantly imagined future of paranoid absurdity, Jonny X will learn the answer soon enough when he falls afoul of a lunatic motorcycle gang nicknamed the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, a relentless Belgian assassin, and his own irate girlfriend. Traversing a cityscape whose neighborhoods are organized by musical genres, running into joke-telling elevators and holographic computer viruses, Jonny is about to learn what a nightmare it’s going to be to get his old life back in a reality warping faster than the speed of the imagination. Outrageous Fortune heralds a marvelous new talent sure to be delightfully altering the minds of readers for years to come.]]> 2007 3 0 false Fri Jul 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 25 03:20:13 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 25 03:25:21 -0700 2008 ...more...]]> 19475419 1040387 1347061 0553384406 9780553384406 27 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182898408m/1347061.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182898408s/1347061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1347061.Outrageous_Fortune 3.05 88
"Don't you hate it when this happens?"

…that’s what the business card asks Jonny X67, dream architect to the rich and jaded. It’s all the thieves who stole his house left behind. And if that weren’t bad enough, a saleswoman named Caroline E61 drops from the sky to sell him a set of encyclopedias and won’t take no for an answer. Can his luck get any worse?

In this rip-roaring roller-coaster ride through a brilliantly imagined future of paranoid absurdity, Jonny X will learn the answer soon enough when he falls afoul of a lunatic motorcycle gang nicknamed the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, a relentless Belgian assassin, and his own irate girlfriend. Traversing a cityscape whose neighborhoods are organized by musical genres, running into joke-telling elevators and holographic computer viruses, Jonny is about to learn what a nightmare it’s going to be to get his old life back in a reality warping faster than the speed of the imagination. Outrageous Fortune heralds a marvelous new talent sure to be delightfully altering the minds of readers for years to come.]]> 2007 5 0 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Apr 04 16:07:03 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 04 17:23:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 37885542 1504221 4620827 0553589857 9780553589856 2 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4620827.Outrageous_Fortune 2.67 3
"Don't you hate it when this happens?"

…that’s what the business card asks Jonny X67, dream architect to the rich and jaded. It’s all the thieves who stole his house left behind. And if that weren’t bad enough, a saleswoman named Caroline E61 drops from the sky to sell him a set of encyclopedias and won’t take no for an answer. Can his luck get any worse?

In this rip-roaring roller-coaster ride through a brilliantly imagined future of paranoid absurdity, Jonny X will learn the answer soon enough when he falls afoul of a lunatic motorcycle gang nicknamed the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, a relentless Belgian assassin, and his own irate girlfriend. Traversing a cityscape whose neighborhoods are organized by musical genres, running into joke-telling elevators and holographic computer viruses, Jonny is about to learn what a nightmare it’s going to be to get his old life back in a reality warping faster than the speed of the imagination. Outrageous Fortune heralds a marvelous new talent sure to be delightfully altering the minds of readers for years to come.


From the Trade Paperback edition.]]> 2007 2 0 false Sun Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 16 14:20:38 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 16 14:25:00 -0800 2008 1
It's about a guy, Johnny X, who wakes up one day and finds his house has been stolen. And the thie...more...]]> 73067816 2773333 1347061 0553384406 9780553384406 27 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182898408m/1347061.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182898408s/1347061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1347061.Outrageous_Fortune 3.05 88
"Don't you hate it when this happens?"

…that’s what the business card asks Jonny X67, dream architect to the rich and jaded. It’s all the thieves who stole his house left behind. And if that weren’t bad enough, a saleswoman named Caroline E61 drops from the sky to sell him a set of encyclopedias and won’t take no for an answer. Can his luck get any worse?

In this rip-roaring roller-coaster ride through a brilliantly imagined future of paranoid absurdity, Jonny X will learn the answer soon enough when he falls afoul of a lunatic motorcycle gang nicknamed the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, a relentless Belgian assassin, and his own irate girlfriend. Traversing a cityscape whose neighborhoods are organized by musical genres, running into joke-telling elevators and holographic computer viruses, Jonny is about to learn what a nightmare it’s going to be to get his old life back in a reality warping faster than the speed of the imagination. Outrageous Fortune heralds a marvelous new talent sure to be delightfully altering the minds of readers for years to come.]]> 2007 1 0 false Wed Sep 30 19:06:58 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 19:07:58 -0700 2009 77940071 935410 1347061 0553384406 9780553384406 27 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182898408m/1347061.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182898408s/1347061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1347061.Outrageous_Fortune 3.05 88
"Don't you hate it when this happens?"

…that’s what the business card asks Jonny X67, dream architect to the rich and jaded. It’s all the thieves who stole his house left behind. And if that weren’t bad enough, a saleswoman named Caroline E61 drops from the sky to sell him a set of encyclopedias and won’t take no for an answer. Can his luck get any worse?

In this rip-roaring roller-coaster ride through a brilliantly imagined future of paranoid absurdity, Jonny X will learn the answer soon enough when he falls afoul of a lunatic motorcycle gang nicknamed the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, a relentless Belgian assassin, and his own irate girlfriend. Traversing a cityscape whose neighborhoods are organized by musical genres, running into joke-telling elevators and holographic computer viruses, Jonny is about to learn what a nightmare it’s going to be to get his old life back in a reality warping faster than the speed of the imagination. Outrageous Fortune heralds a marvelous new talent sure to be delightfully altering the minds of readers for years to come.]]> 2007 1 0 false Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 04:50:10 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 04:52:00 -0800 2009 40500117 1385350 1347061 0553384406 9780553384406 27 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182898408m/1347061.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182898408s/1347061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1347061.Outrageous_Fortune 3.05 88
"Don't you hate it when this happens?"

…that’s what the business card asks Jonny X67, dream architect to the rich and jaded. It’s all the thieves who stole his house left behind. And if that weren’t bad enough, a saleswoman named Caroline E61 drops from the sky to sell him a set of encyclopedias and won’t take no for an answer. Can his luck get any worse?

In this rip-roaring roller-coaster ride through a brilliantly imagined future of paranoid absurdity, Jonny X will learn the answer soon enough when he falls afoul of a lunatic motorcycle gang nicknamed the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, a relentless Belgian assassin, and his own irate girlfriend. Traversing a cityscape whose neighborhoods are organized by musical genres, running into joke-telling elevators and holographic computer viruses, Jonny is about to learn what a nightmare it’s going to be to get his old life back in a reality warping faster than the speed of the imagination. Outrageous Fortune heralds a marvelous new talent sure to be delightfully altering the minds of readers for years to come.]]> 2007 2 0 false Sat Dec 13 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 19:33:44 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 19:35:33 -0800 2008 19223208 1046160 1347061 0553384406 9780553384406 27 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182898408m/1347061.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182898408s/1347061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1347061.Outrageous_Fortune 3.05 88
"Don't you hate it when this happens?"

…that’s what the business card asks Jonny X67, dream architect to the rich and jaded. It’s all the thieves who stole his house left behind. And if that weren’t bad enough, a saleswoman named Caroline E61 drops from the sky to sell him a set of encyclopedias and won’t take no for an answer. Can his luck get any worse?

In this rip-roaring roller-coaster ride through a brilliantly imagined future of paranoid absurdity, Jonny X will learn the answer soon enough when he falls afoul of a lunatic motorcycle gang nicknamed the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, a relentless Belgian assassin, and his own irate girlfriend. Traversing a cityscape whose neighborhoods are organized by musical genres, running into joke-telling elevators and holographic computer viruses, Jonny is about to learn what a nightmare it’s going to be to get his old life back in a reality warping faster than the speed of the imagination. Outrageous Fortune heralds a marvelous new talent sure to be delightfully altering the minds of readers for years to come.]]> 2007 4 0 false Tue Apr 01 13:45:44 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 01 13:46:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 48651153 1419499 1347061 0553384406 9780553384406 27 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182898408m/1347061.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182898408s/1347061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1347061.Outrageous_Fortune 3.05 88
"Don't you hate it when this happens?"

…that’s what the business card asks Jonny X67, dream architect to the rich and jaded. It’s all the thieves who stole his house left behind. And if that weren’t bad enough, a saleswoman named Caroline E61 drops from the sky to sell him a set of encyclopedias and won’t take no for an answer. Can his luck get any worse?

In this rip-roaring roller-coaster ride through a brilliantly imagined future of paranoid absurdity, Jonny X will learn the answer soon enough when he falls afoul of a lunatic motorcycle gang nicknamed the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, a relentless Belgian assassin, and his own irate girlfriend. Traversing a cityscape whose neighborhoods are organized by musical genres, running into joke-telling elevators and holographic computer viruses, Jonny is about to learn what a nightmare it’s going to be to get his old life back in a reality warping faster than the speed of the imagination. Outrageous Fortune heralds a marvelous new talent sure to be delightfully altering the minds of readers for years to come.]]> 2007 5 0 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Mar 08 19:49:20 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 08 19:49:44 -0700 2009 38660967 129651 1347061 0553384406 9780553384406 27 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182898408m/1347061.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182898408s/1347061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1347061.Outrageous_Fortune 3.05 88
"Don't you hate it when this happens?"

…that’s what the business card asks Jonny X67, dream architect to the rich and jaded. It’s all the thieves who stole his house left behind. And if that weren’t bad enough, a saleswoman named Caroline E61 drops from the sky to sell him a set of encyclopedias and won’t take no for an answer. Can his luck get any worse?

In this rip-roaring roller-coaster ride through a brilliantly imagined future of paranoid absurdity, Jonny X will learn the answer soon enough when he falls afoul of a lunatic motorcycle gang nicknamed the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, a relentless Belgian assassin, and his own irate girlfriend. Traversing a cityscape whose neighborhoods are organized by musical genres, running into joke-telling elevators and holographic computer viruses, Jonny is about to learn what a nightmare it’s going to be to get his old life back in a reality warping faster than the speed of the imagination. Outrageous Fortune heralds a marvelous new talent sure to be delightfully altering the minds of readers for years to come.]]> 2007 4 0 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 18:15:03 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 17:28:38 -0800 2008 72026859 2761618 1347061 0553384406 9780553384406 27 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182898408m/1347061.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182898408s/1347061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1347061.Outrageous_Fortune 3.05 88
"Don't you hate it when this happens?"

…that’s what the business card asks Jonny X67, dream architect to the rich and jaded. It’s all the thieves who stole his house left behind. And if that weren’t bad enough, a saleswoman named Caroline E61 drops from the sky to sell him a set of encyclopedias and won’t take no for an answer. Can his luck get any worse?

In this rip-roaring roller-coaster ride through a brilliantly imagined future of paranoid absurdity, Jonny X will learn the answer soon enough when he falls afoul of a lunatic motorcycle gang nicknamed the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, a relentless Belgian assassin, and his own irate girlfriend. Traversing a cityscape whose neighborhoods are organized by musical genres, running into joke-telling elevators and holographic computer viruses, Jonny is about to learn what a nightmare it’s going to be to get his old life back in a reality warping faster than the speed of the imagination. Outrageous Fortune heralds a marvelous new talent sure to be delightfully altering the minds of readers for years to come.]]> 2007 4 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Sep 21 13:52:18 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 13:52:38 -0700 2009 56824462 2180475 4620827 0553589857 9780553589856 2 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4620827.Outrageous_Fortune 3.05 88
"Don't you hate it when this happens?"

…that’s what the business card asks Jonny X67, dream architect to the rich and jaded. It’s all the thieves who stole his house left behind. And if that weren’t bad enough, a saleswoman named Caroline E61 drops from the sky to sell him a set of encyclopedias and won’t take no for an answer. Can his luck get any worse?

In this rip-roaring roller-coaster ride through a brilliantly imagined future of paranoid absurdity, Jonny X will learn the answer soon enough when he falls afoul of a lunatic motorcycle gang nicknamed the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, a relentless Belgian assassin, and his own irate girlfriend. Traversing a cityscape whose neighborhoods are organized by musical genres, running into joke-telling elevators and holographic computer viruses, Jonny is about to learn what a nightmare it’s going to be to get his old life back in a reality warping faster than the speed of the imagination. Outrageous Fortune heralds a marvelous new talent sure to be delightfully altering the minds of readers for years to come.


From the Trade Paperback edition.]]> 2007 3 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed May 20 23:10:30 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 23:10:30 -0700 2009 38668177 446909 1347061 0553384406 9780553384406 27 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182898408m/1347061.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182898408s/1347061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1347061.Outrageous_Fortune 3.05 88
"Don't you hate it when this happens?"

…that’s what the business card asks Jonny X67, dream architect to the rich and jaded. It’s all the thieves who stole his house left behind. And if that weren’t bad enough, a saleswoman named Caroline E61 drops from the sky to sell him a set of encyclopedias and won’t take no for an answer. Can his luck get any worse?

In this rip-roaring roller-coaster ride through a brilliantly imagined future of paranoid absurdity, Jonny X will learn the answer soon enough when he falls afoul of a lunatic motorcycle gang nicknamed the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, a relentless Belgian assassin, and his own irate girlfriend. Traversing a cityscape whose neighborhoods are organized by musical genres, running into joke-telling elevators and holographic computer viruses, Jonny is about to learn what a nightmare it’s going to be to get his old life back in a reality warping faster than the speed of the imagination. Outrageous Fortune heralds a marvelous new talent sure to be delightfully altering the minds of readers for years to come.]]> 2007 1 0 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 20:05:17 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 07:14:02 -0800 2008 67883263 947457 1347061 0553384406 9780553384406 27 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182898408m/1347061.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182898408s/1347061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1347061.Outrageous_Fortune 3.05 88
"Don't you hate it when this happens?"

…that’s what the business card asks Jonny X67, dream architect to the rich and jaded. It’s all the thieves who stole his house left behind. And if that weren’t bad enough, a saleswoman named Caroline E61 drops from the sky to sell him a set of encyclopedias and won’t take no for an answer. Can his luck get any worse?

In this rip-roaring roller-coaster ride through a brilliantly imagined future of paranoid absurdity, Jonny X will learn the answer soon enough when he falls afoul of a lunatic motorcycle gang nicknamed the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, a relentless Belgian assassin, and his own irate girlfriend. Traversing a cityscape whose neighborhoods are organized by musical genres, running into joke-telling elevators and holographic computer viruses, Jonny is about to learn what a nightmare it’s going to be to get his old life back in a reality warping faster than the speed of the imagination. Outrageous Fortune heralds a marvelous new talent sure to be delightfully altering the minds of readers for years to come.]]> 2007 3 0 false Thu Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 08:40:01 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 16:57:16 -0700 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1347061