Drowning in Gruel
Orlando : Harcourt, [2006]
Format: Ebook
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Edition: First edition.
Description: 1 online resource (307 pages)
Take a darkly hilarious trip through a South Carolina town with the "unchallenged king of the comic Southern short story" ( The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ).
"Usually stories about small, quirky, southern towns are full of adorable, quirky characters that share their unusual philosophies with us and teach us how to enjoy life (think Forrest Gump or even Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil ). Gruel may be small, southern, and quirky, but it is also as miserable as its name sounds. The inhabitants are miserable. Even people from as far away as New York who happen to stop by Gruel are miserable . . . Fortunately, the writing is good enough that the misery becomes somehow enjoyable." -- Booklist
"George Singleton is a madman. He's also one of the most talented American writers the South has turned out in decades." -- The Post and Courier
"Usually stories about small, quirky, southern towns are full of adorable, quirky characters that share their unusual philosophies with us and teach us how to enjoy life (think Forrest Gump or even Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil ). Gruel may be small, southern, and quirky, but it is also as miserable as its name sounds. The inhabitants are miserable. Even people from as far away as New York who happen to stop by Gruel are miserable . . . Fortunately, the writing is good enough that the misery becomes somehow enjoyable." -- Booklist
"George Singleton is a madman. He's also one of the most talented American writers the South has turned out in decades." -- The Post and Courier
Contents:
Runt -- Migration over Gruel -- Christmas in Gruel -- Soldiers in Gruel -- Assurance -- The novels of Raymond Carver -- Bluffs -- The opposite of zero -- Polish -- Snipers -- Lickers -- Scotch and Dr Pepper -- Shirts against skins -- Soles in Gruel -- Recovery -- Slow drink -- What attracts us to Gruel -- What if we leave? -- John Cheever, rest in peace.
ISBN:
9780547789903
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