Between Wrecks
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.58 (717 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1938103793 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 300 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-22 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A former Guggenheim Fellow, he was awarded the Hillsdale Award for Fiction by the Fellowship of Southern Writers in 2011. He lives in Spartanburg, South Carolina.. There’s another where an unlicensed entomologist celebrates his freedom with a compulsive liar while a manhunt ensues on the streets outside. A raconteur of trends, counter-trends, obsessions and odd characters."NPR Morning Edition"Thank God for George Singleton, who makes us laugh and makes us think."The Times-PicayuneThere’s a place just down the way where a trip to the salvage yard
Five Stars On time and a funny read. Language is strong as subject matter.. One of those books that will make you laugh out loud Seriously. I rarely laugh when reading a book but I found myself laughing at a number of instances in this collection of short stories. I enjoyed this book very much and read through it rather quickly as I was digging the humor and mayhem. Been reading Singleton's work for years so I knew I wasn't going to be disappointed. A nice change of pace if you've been reading a lot of novels lately. Although be warned, you'll be left wondering what happened next to many of the characters you come across in Between Wrecks. But that's a good thing.. Intelligent Hilarity. George Singleton delivers in spades. V is for me. Thought provoking prose that's funny as hell. Every story was like eating a sumptuous Southern dessert (followed by a shot of bourbon). Setting aside, it's brilliant.Stet!
“I Would Be Remiss,” an 80-page novella, is Stet’s outrageously funny acknowledgment addendum to his biography, No Cover Available, about an African American sushi chef in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Admirers of southern writing as well as Singleton’s fans will enjoy this tour de force of comic writing. Many are set in bars, others in homes, and, most memorably, two are anomalies, with one set in a diner and the other in a multitude of spots in Tennessee. --Ellen Loughran . Characterization is at points spotty, while humor is omnipresent—slapstick, setups, talking animals, satire, and irony all play roles in the stories. The two strongest stories star Stet Looper, following him from when he loses his wife, Abby, until he develops a career as an academic writer. “Between Wrecks” finds Looper, during the closure of the main road in two places, in a normally sleepy diner that is