Extraordinary Adventures

From the bestselling author of Big Fish, "a novel about finding one's way without a map while searching for the lost places of the human heart" (Wiley Cash, New York Times–bestselling author).

Edsel Bronfman works as a junior executive shipping clerk for an importer of Korean flatware. He lives in a seedy neighborhood and spends his free time with his spirited mother. Things happen to other people, and Bronfman knows it. Until, that is, he gets a call from operator 61217 telling him that he's won a free weekend at a beachfront condo in Destin, Florida. But there's a catch: the offer is intended for a couple, and Bronfman has only seventy-nine days to find someone to take with him.


The phone call jolts Bronfman into motion, initiating a series of truly extraordinary adventures as he sets out to find a companion for his weekend getaway. Open at last to the possibilities of life, Bronfman now believes that anything can happen. And it does.


A large-hearted and optimistic novel, Extraordinary Adventures is the latest from the New York Times–bestselling Daniel Wallace.

"The result is something much more than a remix of The 40-Year-Old Virgin, a concoction of off-kilter humor that turns achingly poignant." —StarNews
"As refreshing and original as his earlier novels . . . Daniel Wallace is one of those rare and wonderful writers who make it look easy." —The New York Times Book Review
"Offbeat giddiness . . . antics ensue, some racy, others more endearing, but definitely none ordinary." —The Atlanta-Journal Constitution
"Quirky and whimsical." —The Florida Times-Union
"Daniel Wallace's Extraordinary Adventures is deliciously funny, moving, and generous, and Edsel is unforgettable." —Mark Childress, author of One Mississippi