GOOD LUCK RIGHT NOW - Softcover

"A gratifying romp....Fans of The Silver Linings Playbook know Quick's penchant for emotionally troubled, big-hearted characters, and Good Luck will satisfy those readers and new ones alike."--People (Three Stars)

"A page turner...Easy to read but difficult to characterize. Part fairy tale and part vision quest...[it] could more aptly be called an adult-onset bildungsroman....Quick, a master scene-setter, details Neil's personal tragedy in prose that is simultaneously funny and devastating."--Boston Globe

"Mr. Quick ventures to the edges of society, ...He rewards us with an irresistible urge to think the best of humanity, to understand not only the need to walk in someone else's shoes but also the altruistic power attained from doing so."--Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"Funny, touching, wise, and ultimately life-affirming, THE GOOD LUCK OF RIGHT NOW is quite possibly the greatest feel-good misfit-road story I've had the good luck to read. If you loved THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME, this book is for you."--Garth Stein, author of The Art of Racing in the Rain

"Everything I relish in a story: a flawed but sympathetic protagonist, a page-turning plot, and a cast of emotionally scarred characters for whom I rooted wholeheartedly. I loved this novel from its quirky and unconventional opening to its poignant, tear-inducing conclusion."--Wally Lamb, author of We are Water and Wishin' and Hopin'

"A knockout of a book that has something for everyone: humor, wisdom, plot twists, wholly original characters and Richard Gere."--BookPage

"Quick, the author of The Silver Linings Playbook, provides another offbeat gem populated with eccentric, fallible, intensely human characters....Humor, pathos, and quirky bends in the road define they odyssey, making it increasingly clear that it is all about the journey, not the destination."--Booklist

"A gentle, wise, poignant and funny story about the nature of reality and the daily strength required of the brokenhearted to live in it. Quick makes no misstep; each scene, each character, each storyline is perfectly realized and seamlessly woven into the narrative....A delight from beginning to end."--Nashville Scene

"A deeply nuanced portrait of an unconventional family unit, friendships of necessity, and life's give and take."--Nylon Magazine

"A quirky coming-of-age story....Quick writes with an engaging intimacy, capturing his narrator's innocence and off-kilter philosophy, and the damaged souls in orbit around him."--Publishers Weekly