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HUGE

A novel

A novel

A novel

A novel

By Brent Butt

By Brent Butt

By Brent Butt

By Brent Butt

By Brent Butt

By Brent Butt

By Brent Butt
Read by Brent Butt

By Brent Butt
Read by Brent Butt

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Paperback $18.95

Oct 03, 2023 | ISBN 9780385688321

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Oct 01, 2024 | ISBN 9780385688345

Ebook $12.99

Oct 03, 2023 | ISBN 9780385688338

Audiobook Download $18.95

Oct 03, 2023 | 502 Minutes

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    About HUGE

    AN INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER

    The award-winning screenwriter and International Emmy nominee is now a literary success with this unexpectedly dark and twisted thriller.

    It’s 1994, and three stand-up comedians have embarked on a tour of  smaller communities across a remote stretch of rural countryside. Dale is a forty-something comic from Chicago who’s on the back half of a mediocre career and thinking about quitting the business. Rynn is a twenty-something fast-rising comedy star from Dublin with a big Hollywood break on her horizon. The third performer is a local act, a late addition to the bill who has agreed to open the shows and do all the driving. He goes by the name Hobie Huge, and he is, indeed, enormous. His comedic ability, however, is not. He’s weirdly eager, annoyingly enthusiastic and brutally unfunny. All of which wouldn’t be so bad . . . if the brutality ended there. By the time Dale and Rynn realize Hobie’s true talents and disturbing motivation, it may be too late—and their tour becomes less about getting laughs and more about getting off the road alive.

    About HUGE

    Instant #1 bestseller! From the award-winning screenwriter and International Emmy nominee comes this unexpectedly dark and twisted thriller.

    It’s 1994, and three stand-up comedians have embarked on a tour of  smaller communities across a remote stretch of rural Canadian countryside. Dale is a 40-something comic from Chicago who’s on the back half of a mediocre career and thinking about quitting the business. Rynn is a 20-something fast-rising comedy star from Dublin with a big break into TV on her horizon. And who is this third guy, the hulking young man added to the bill at the last minute by a booker with dubious motives? He goes by Hobie Huge, and his enormous physical presence is unfortunately not matched by his skills as opening act. But his brutal lack of ability as a comedian turns out to be the least of his companion’s problems. Huge starts to show signs of a terrifying capacity for brutality offstage too—and for Dale and Rynn, the tour becomes less about getting laughs and more about getting off the road alive.

    It’s going to take some getting used to, but Brent Butt is no longer just a funny guy. His debut novel is so accomplished it’s frightening.

    About HUGE

    AN INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER

    The award-winning screenwriter and International Emmy nominee is now a literary success with this unexpectedly dark and twisted thriller.

    It’s 1994, and three stand-up comedians have embarked on a tour of  smaller communities across a remote stretch of rural countryside. Dale is a forty-something comic from Chicago who’s on the back half of a mediocre career and thinking about quitting the business. Rynn is a twenty-something fast-rising comedy star from Dublin with a big Hollywood break on her horizon. The third performer is a local act, a late addition to the bill who has agreed to open the shows and do all the driving. He goes by the name Hobie Huge, and he is, indeed, enormous. His comedic ability, however, is not. He’s weirdly eager, annoyingly enthusiastic and brutally unfunny. All of which wouldn’t be so bad . . . if the brutality ended there. By the time Dale and Rynn realize Hobie’s true talents and disturbing motivation, it may be too late—and their tour becomes less about getting laughs and more about getting off the road alive.

    About HUGE

    AN INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER

    The award-winning screenwriter and International Emmy nominee is now a literary success with this unexpectedly dark and twisted thriller.

    It’s 1994, and three stand-up comedians have embarked on a tour of  smaller communities across a remote stretch of rural countryside. Dale is a forty-something comic from Chicago who’s on the back half of a mediocre career and thinking about quitting the business. Rynn is a twenty-something fast-rising comedy star from Dublin with a big Hollywood break on her horizon. The third performer is a local act, a late addition to the bill who has agreed to open the shows and do all the driving. He goes by the name Hobie Huge, and he is, indeed, enormous. His comedic ability, however, is not. He’s weirdly eager, annoyingly enthusiastic and brutally unfunny. All of which wouldn’t be so bad . . . if the brutality ended there. By the time Dale and Rynn realize Hobie’s true talents and disturbing motivation, it may be too late—and their tour becomes less about getting laughs and more about getting off the road alive.

    About Brent Butt

    BRENT BUTT has made his home in Vancouver for thirty years, but was born and raised in Tisdale, Saskatchewan. After high school he worked as a drywaller, salesperson, comic book artist, and darkroom technician before deciding to pursue his real… More about Brent Butt

    About Brent Butt

    BRENT BUTT has made his home in Vancouver for thirty years, but was born and raised in Tisdale, Saskatchewan. After high school he worked as a drywaller, salesperson, comic book artist, and darkroom technician before deciding to pursue his real… More about Brent Butt

    About Brent Butt

    BRENT BUTT has made his home in Vancouver for thirty years, but was born and raised in Tisdale, Saskatchewan. After high school he worked as a drywaller, salesperson, comic book artist, and darkroom technician before deciding to pursue his real… More about Brent Butt

    About Brent Butt

    BRENT BUTT has made his home in Vancouver for thirty years, but was born and raised in Tisdale, Saskatchewan. After high school he worked as a drywaller, salesperson, comic book artist, and darkroom technician before deciding to pursue his real… More about Brent Butt

    Product Details

    Category: Crime Fiction | Suspense & Thriller

    Paperback | $18.95
    Published by Doubleday Canada
    Oct 03, 2023 | 304 Pages | 6-1/8 x 9-1/4 | ISBN 9780385688321

    Category: Crime Fiction | Suspense & Thriller

    Mass Market Paperback | $10.50
    Published by Seal Books
    Oct 01, 2024 | 336 Pages | 4-1/8 x 6-7/8 | ISBN 9780385688345

    Category: Crime Fiction | Suspense & Thriller

    Ebook | $12.99
    Published by Doubleday Canada
    Oct 03, 2023 | 336 Pages | ISBN 9780385688338

    Category: Crime Fiction | Suspense & Thriller | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $18.95
    Published by Doubleday Canada
    Oct 03, 2023 | 502 Minutes | ISBN 9780385688451

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    Praise

    AN INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER

    “Fans of Corner Gas who pick up Butt’s first novel may be in for a surprise. . . . Butt’s knowledge of standup provides the granular detail, but his sense of pace and timing (both essential qualities for a comedian) are here well deployed in the service of much darker, nastier material. And the biggest surprise is how entertaining the whole thing is.” —Toronto Star

    “An incredibly propulsive read. . . . Huge is full of some great storytelling, sharp observances and authentic characters.” —Winnipeg Free Press

    “Butt kills with a darkly comic thriller that could only be written by someone who knows there are worse things than dying on stage.” —Linwood Barclay, bestselling author of Take Your Breath Away and Find You First

    “A clever tribute to the craft of comedy. And the eerie itches it’s used to scratch.” —Charles Demers, author of Primary Obsessions
     
    “Full of ironic humour. But I still found myself scared. Like . . . Silence of the Lambs scared.” —Rachel Talalay, director, Sherlock and Doctor Who

    “Darkly funny . . . but with an awesomely terrifying arc. Kept me reading way later than I wanted to.” —Meredith Hambrock author Other People’s Secrets

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