TWO FAMILIES    ONE LOTTO WIN     280 PAGES OF MADNESS 
  "A F*cking Masterpiece!"--Colin Quinn, Comedian, SNL, Tough Crowd
  “Wildly amusing…a cross between a roller-coaster and a carousel!”
                               --Olivera Baumgartner-Jackson. Readerviews.com
  "Clearly the work of a craftsman! (The characters) careen around Derry           with the grace of a drunken and horny bull!"
                               --Chris Gerrib, Podpeople.com
  “Classic, I-can’t-stop-reading literature!”—
                               --Jonathan Henderson, Jonhenderscon.com
  "Hansen does a wonderful job with this dark comedy...an excellent novel
   for anyone to read again and again!"
                             --Ashley Merrill, Front Street Reviews

 
May 2008's pick for the Words and Wine Book Club, Camarillo, CA.  Raves all around!.
Big in Beijing in November 2008!  Taking a rest from climbing the Great Wall, Antoinette Maritin can't believe the shenanigans on page 148.
Before continuing his tour of the Forbidden City, Fercho Baron giggles at page 67.
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Big in the Phillippines in December 2008! They are even reading about Ursula and Fionnuala while dining at the Phillippines' No. 1 fastfood restarant, the Jollibee.

Goes great with a Chickenjoy, Yum Burger with Cheese or Tuna Pie! Followed by a delicious dessert of Mais con Hielo (corn with ice)!
Big in Korea in January 2009!  Haewon Byeon
chuckles while enjoying kimchee in Seoul...
...while across the table Swan Park and Heeju Woo
sip Soju and laugh along.
Big in Western Sahara/Morrocco in March 2009! Famous Slovenian writer Andrej Morovic takes a break from driving through the Sahara to have a laugh....
...while Ursula and Fionnuala battle it out in the desert!
Who needs a gorgeous waterfall in Gramada, Rio Grande do Sul when Ursula and Fionnuala can entertain you?
Big in Brazil in March 2009!  At the beach Priaia Mole, Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, great things might be going on, but some people can't pull their eyes from the pages...!
...and the same thing seems to be happening at Praia da Ferrugem in Garopaba!
Big in New York City in March 2009! The minutes waiting for a subway fly by while you laugh at the antics of Ursula and Fionnuala, as Israel Silva has discovered...
...and new friends can be made on the platform, as Alejandro Aguilar joins in on the fun...
...while on the train, even hipster strangers demand a look!
Big in Florida in April 2009! Nothing goes better with a poolside margarita than a group reading of "An Embarrassment of Riches"
...while at Orlando International Airport, Snow White flips through the pages while waiting for her delayed flight to EuroDisney!
...as Paul Irvine, Starlet McMillan and Steven McEnrue discover to their delight...
Big in El Salvador in April 2009! Ernesto Pena lounges on the beach, entertained by page 147...
Big in Japan in April 2009 (Part 2)! Reina Miyagi loaned her copy to a friend in Okinawa, and now she's having trouble getting it back!
Big in Japan in April 2009! Natsuki Takauji reads while waiting for the bus in front of Akihabara, Tokyo's biggest electronics store.
...and wonders where all the bathers are. Perhaps in the bookstore buying "An Embarrassment of Riches"?
It's fun to read with your clothes off or on, as he discovers in the colonial splendor of Suchitoto.
Natsuki was laughing so hard, she missed her bus, so went inside Akihabara to shop. But she still couldn't pull her eyes from the pages!
Her mother borrowed it to read at the sushi restaurant...
...and two high school girls snatched it off Mrs. Miyagi to read for their English class project. Will Reina ever get it back...?
Big in the USA in June 2009! In Seattle, comedian Johnny B can't understand why Fionnuala tortures Ursula so...
...while in San Francisto, comedian Steve Smith can't understand a word of page 29, and wonders why...
Big in the Friendly Skies of United in June 2009. Taking a crew rest enroute from San Francisco to Chicago, flight attendant Samantha dreams of what she would do to Fionnuala Flood if she caught her sneaking into First Class.
...and the more Samantha reads of Fionnuala's antics, the more painful the punishment becomes...!
Big in Alaska in July 2009!  The splendid scenery of the 49th state can't compete with the excitement of An Embarrassment of Riches, as Swan Park discovers....
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Big in France in July 2009!  Even the pyramids of I. M. Pei at the Louvre pale in comparison to the antics in Derry's Gweedooner pub, as Sang Min Lee discovers to her delight....
...while outside, there appears to be a gathering of tourists who find watching Sang Min read the book more entertaining than entering the museum!
Big In Brazil (Part 2) in August 2009! In Ipanema, Jurandi Silva can't pull himself from the pages...
...while he reflects that sleazy Dymphna Flood is most defnitely NOT the Girl From Ipanema!
Big in Italy in November 2009!