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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
W W Norton & Co Inc
Publication date
August 1, 2003
Pages
335
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780393324655
ISBN-10
0393324656
Dimensions
1 by 5.75 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.68 lbs.
Original list price
$16.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Having won and lost the woman he has loved since seeing her do a naked cartwheel in 1916, Finus Bates wonders if the colorful characters from their hometown hold the secrets to her elusive character. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
(view table of contents)Amazon.com description: Product Description:
Shortlisted for the 2002 National Book Award in Fiction: a dark, riotous Southern novel of sex, death, and transformation.
Brad Watson's first novel has been eagerly awaited since his breathtaking, award-winning debut collection of short stories, Last Days of the Dog-Men. Here, he fulfills that literary promise with a humorous and jaundiced eye. Finus Bates has loved Birdie Wells since the day he saw her do a naked cartwheel in the woods in 1916. Later he won her at poker, lost her, then nearly won her again after the mysterious poisoning of her womanizing husband. Does Vish, the old medicine woman down in the ravine, hold the key to Birdie's elusive character? Or does Parnell, the town undertaker, whose unspeakable desires bring lust for life and death together? Or does the secret lie with some other colorful old-timer in Mercury, Mississippi, not such a small town anymore? With "graceful, patient, insightful and hilarious" prose (USA Today), Brad Watson chronicles Finus's steadfast devotion and Mercury's evolution from a sleepy backwater to a small city. With this "tragicomic story of missed opportunities and unjust necessities" (Fred Chappell), "Southern storytelling is alive and well in Watson's capable hands" (Kirkus Reviews starred review). "His work may remind readers of William Faulkner, Toni Morrison, or Flannery O'Connor, but has a powerâand a charmâall its own, more pellucid than the first, gentler than the second, and kinder than the third" (Baltimore Sun).Editions
Hardcover
from W W Norton & Co Inc (August 1, 2002)
9780393047578 | details & prices | 333 pages | 6.00 × 8.75 × 1.00 in. | 1.10 lbs | List price $23.95
About: Having won and lost the woman he has loved since seeing her do a naked cartwheel in 1916, Finus Bates wonders if the colorful characters from their hometown hold the secrets to her elusive character.
About: Having won and lost the woman he has loved since seeing her do a naked cartwheel in 1916, Finus Bates wonders if the colorful characters from their hometown hold the secrets to her elusive character.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
Reprint edition from W W Norton & Co Inc (August 1, 2003)
9780393324655 | details & prices | 335 pages | 5.75 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.68 lbs | List price $16.95
About: Having won and lost the woman he has loved since seeing her do a naked cartwheel in 1916, Finus Bates wonders if the colorful characters from their hometown hold the secrets to her elusive character.
About: Having won and lost the woman he has loved since seeing her do a naked cartwheel in 1916, Finus Bates wonders if the colorful characters from their hometown hold the secrets to her elusive character.
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