Novel - Couverture rigide

Singleton, George

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0151011281 ISBN 13 : 9780151011285

Editeur : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2005

Synopsis

Set in the town of Gruel, South Carolina, this first novel by George Singleton, master of the comic short story, is the tale of a young man named Novel (his brother's name is James; his sister's is Joyce), a professional snake handler who stumbles across strange doings while he sits in a motel room writing his autobiography. As he struggles to recount his life story, he uncovers-and finds himself starring in-a decades-old town secret, one that can blow him and his fellow citizens sky-high. Funny as only George Singleton can be, full of Southern mischief and wit, Novel is a crazed and crazy fictional whirlwind of drinking, motel-living, art-forgery-committing, pool-playing redneck charm.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Set in the town of Gruel, South Carolina, this first novel by George Singleton, master of the comic short story, is the tale of a young man named Novel (his brother's name is James; his sister's is Joyce), a professional snake handler who stumbles across strange doings while he sits in a motel room writing his autobiography. As he struggles to recount his life story, he uncovers-and finds himself starring in-a decades-old town secret, one that can blow him and his fellow citizens sky-high. Funny as only George Singleton can be, full of Southern mischief and wit, Novel is a crazed and crazy fictional whirlwind of drinking, motel-living, art-forgery-committing, pool-playing redneck charm.

Revue de presse

PRAISE FOR THE HALF-MAMMALS OF DIXIE
"Singleton's relentlessly offbeat stories are a miasma of flea markets, palm readers, bowling alleys, and alligators, offering a disturb-ingly askew-at times, downright surreal-vision of the South." -ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

"Sly, intelligent, hilarious."-THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0151011281
• ISBN 13: 9780151011285
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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