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**SHORTLISTED FOR THE MUD LITERARY PRIZE 2021**
**SHORTLISTED FOR MATT RICHELL NEW WRITER OF THE YEAR 2021**
**LONGLISTED FOR THE MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARD 2021**
Lucky's is a story of family.
A story about migration.
It is also about a man called Lucky.
His restaurant chain.
A fire that changed everything.
A New Yorker article which might save a career.
The mystery of a missing father.
An impostor who got the girl.
An unthinkable tragedy.
A roll of the dice.
And a story of love - lost, sought and won again (at last).
Following a trail of cause and effect that spans decades, this unforgettable epic tells a story about lives bound together by the pursuit of love, family, and new beginnings.
Author: Andrew Pippos
Papeback Published 27 October 2020 368 pages
'Andrew Pippos has written an unforgettable epic with Australian humour and Greek tragedian turns on every page. Such skill and heart and love pulses through this debut!'-Alice Pung
'A sweeping, sprawling family epic of heartbreak, hope, and redemption. This is the debut of a born storyteller.'-Liam Pieper
'Affecting, authentic and tender.'-Rebecca Starford
'A gorgeous novel of wonderful characters, Lucky's is the real deal and I didn't want it to stop. I was so caught up in the casual charm of this book that I kept being sideswiped by the excellent turns of its plot, and the wise, sometimes disturbing things it has to say about fate, luck and family over the sweep of decades.'-Ronnie Scott
'From the first pages of this debut novel, it is clear that we are in the hands of a wise, perceptive, and highly-skilled storyteller. Pippos brilliantly distills multiple stories to those pure moments of love, despair, passion and folly that make up the essence of a life, and his fierce and fragile characters will remain in your heart long after the final page. The writing is fresh and fairly crackles with energy. Lucky's is one of the best Australian novels I've read in years!' -Emily Bitto
'Crisp and evocative' Rick Morton
'A mouthwatering tale that encapsulates family drama, true crime and Greek tragedy - with pathos-filled characters that pop' Guardian
'A hugely entertaining, tender, rollicking yarn. Part immigration story, part love story, part adventure, it's a multi-layered original Australian story.' Sydney Morning Herald