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Rides of the Midway - A Novel (Paperback)
Lee Durkee"With this eruptive debut novel, Durkee...has just kicked in the door of Southern literature."Salon.com
Meet Mississippi teenager Noel Weatherspoon: ghost-seeing insomniac, endearing dopehead, wanna-be erotic photographer, and possible Baptist faith healer. Noel, who prefers The Exorcist to Ecclesiastes, must navigate a world of Bible-thumpers, born-again Christians, and a stepfather who bears an uncanny resemblance to Billy Graham. Darkly comic and lyrically moving, Rides of the Midway introduces a formidable new talent in contemporary fiction.
"[A] raucous tour through this scorched landscape of faith....sentences so beautiful that you stop to read them twice." Time Out New York
"[An] exceptional first novel." Los Angeles Times Book Review
"[A] deft and funny first novel....Dark and exhilarating." New York Times Book Review
Meet Mississippi teenager Noel Weatherspoon: ghost-seeing insomniac, endearing dopehead, wanna-be erotic photographer, and possible Baptist faith healer. Noel, who prefers The Exorcist to Ecclesiastes, must navigate a world of Bible-thumpers, born-again Christians, and a stepfather who bears an uncanny resemblance to Billy Graham. Darkly comic and lyrically moving, Rides of the Midway introduces a formidable new talent in contemporary fiction.
"[A] raucous tour through this scorched landscape of faith....sentences so beautiful that you stop to read them twice." Time Out New York
"[An] exceptional first novel." Los Angeles Times Book Review
"[A] deft and funny first novel....Dark and exhilarating." New York Times Book Review
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"With this eruptive debut novel, Durkee...has just kicked in the door of Southern literature."Salon.com
Meet Mississippi teenager Noel Weatherspoon: ghost-seeing insomniac, endearing dopehead, wanna-be erotic photographer, and possible Baptist faith healer. Noel, who prefers The Exorcist to Ecclesiastes, must navigate a world of Bible-thumpers, born-again Christians, and a stepfather who bears an uncanny resemblance to Billy Graham. Darkly comic and lyrically moving, Rides of the Midway introduces a formidable new talent in contemporary fiction.
"[A] raucous tour through this scorched landscape of faith....sentences so beautiful that you stop to read them twice." Time Out New York
"[An] exceptional first novel." Los Angeles Times Book Review
"[A] deft and funny first novel....Dark and exhilarating." New York Times Book Review
Meet Mississippi teenager Noel Weatherspoon: ghost-seeing insomniac, endearing dopehead, wanna-be erotic photographer, and possible Baptist faith healer. Noel, who prefers The Exorcist to Ecclesiastes, must navigate a world of Bible-thumpers, born-again Christians, and a stepfather who bears an uncanny resemblance to Billy Graham. Darkly comic and lyrically moving, Rides of the Midway introduces a formidable new talent in contemporary fiction.
"[A] raucous tour through this scorched landscape of faith....sentences so beautiful that you stop to read them twice." Time Out New York
"[An] exceptional first novel." Los Angeles Times Book Review
"[A] deft and funny first novel....Dark and exhilarating." New York Times Book Review
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Imprint | W W Norton & Co Inc |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | May 2002 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | April 2002 |
Authors | Lee Durkee |
Dimensions | 211 x 140 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback |
Pages | 322 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-393-32290-3 |
Barcode | 9780393322903 |
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LSN | 0-393-32290-4 |
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