2022 Edgar Award Nominee for Best Novel
āA fantastic novel. . . . You are going to like this a lot.āāStephen King
āWhatās more thrilling than a fictional character speaking to us in a voice we havenāt heard before, a voice so authentic and immediateāthink Huck Finn, Holden Caulfield, Mattie Rossāthat we suspect it mustāve been there all along, that we somehow managed to miss it? Daniel, the protagonist of Will Leitchās smart, funny, heartbreaking new novel How Lucky, is just such a voice, and Iām not sure it will ever completely leave my head, or that I want it to.āāRichard 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.
Daniel leads a rich life in the university town of Athens, Georgia. Heās 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 guyādespite the fact that heās 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.
Largely confined to his home, Daniel spends the hours heās 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 heās almost sure he sees her being kidnapped...