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  • Huge

  • A Novel
  • Written by: Brent Butt
  • Narrated by: Brent Butt
  • Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (59 ratings)

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Publisher's Summary

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.

©2023 Brent Butt (P)2023 Doubleday Canada
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What the critics say

"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

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A first novel home run

I thoroughly enjoyed listening to Brent bring his characters to life. The story is engaging and the dialogue between the characters was pretty funny in spots, but the suspense is real.

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Amazing read/listen

Greatly enjoyed this novel and was blown away by Butts’ tale of the road for a comic albeit with darker turns than most runs. Looking forward to future reads by the author.

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Dark, hilarious thriller.

A great debut novel by Brent Butt. Nice to hear him read the audiobook too. More please!

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Huge

Great book. I couldn’t leave it alone. Bream Butt is not only a great comedian but he is also a great writer

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Great Read!

Already being a Brent Butt fan from his tv series and a few fortunate laughter filled witnessing his always hilarious stand up routines, I wasn’t sure how he would transition to author (and narrator) but I was happily surprised. The story was one I hated to shut down. I enjoyed this book a great deal. Well done!!!

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Amazing read

Loved the story line, fabulous visualization, the characters truly came to life, I couldn’t stop reading. Mr. Butt I am looking forward to the next one.

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really enjoyed Brent butt's narration of the book

really great storytelling really enjoyed the whole thing. Hope he writes another one also, all the characters are really great

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I loved this book!

I bought this without reading the synopsis because Brent Butt kills me and I thought I could use a laugh. I started in and found it was a novel. I thought, "Great, funny man fancies himself a novelist", but I listened on and found myself pulled in. It shocked the hell out of me but this book is fa

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Yes, this is an excellent novel and Brent Butt knows how to write a thriller with heart.

Think you will enjoy this one. Can't say I've ever read anything like it and will recommend this novel to anyone.

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well worth the read.

over all good time. little predictable and Brent is no man of thousand voices but I don't see that as a problem. definately give this uniquely Brent Butt killer thriller a shot.

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