The Half-Mammals of Dixie by George Singleton
A BOK MAGAZINE Best Short Story Collection of the YearIn a South far removed from big-city Atlanta and proper Charleston is a town so tiny it missed the map: Forty-Five, South Carolina. Here a boy's reputation is ruined forever when he stars in an educational documentary about head lice; a former pharmaceuticals salesman waits for the word of God to tell him what to paint; a single dad woos a teacher with the show-and-tell objects he sends to school with his son; and motivational speakers, aquarium salesmen, flea-market shoppers, and palm readers mingle with hilarious results.
Overlooked, underappreciated, and funnier than a potbellied pig on a leash, the residents of Forty-Five are utterly impossible to forget.
Relentlessly offbeat . . . A disturbingly askew-at times, downright surreal-vision of the South.-Entertainment Weekly
Singleton's voice comes off like that of a brilliant barfly, who occasionally suffers from the clairvoyance of madness.-The Times-Picayune (New Orleans)
Sly, intelligent, hilarious.-The Charlotte Observer
George Singleton has been published in the Atlantic Monthly, Harper's, Playboy, and Zoetrope. The author of the short-story collection These People Are Us, he teaches writing at South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities and lives in Pickens County, South Carolina.
George Singleton is the author of two novels and four story collections and holds an MFA in creative writing from UNC-Greensboro. He has taught English and fiction writing at Francis Marion College, the Fine Arts Center of Greenville County, the South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities, the University of South Carolina, and UNC-Wilmington.
www.georgesingleton.com
www.georgesingleton.com
Daniel Wallace is the author of four novels, including Mr. Sebastian and the Negro Magician, The Watermelon King and Big Fish (which was later made into a film directed by Tim Burton). His illustrations have appeared in the L.A. Times, Italian Vanity Fair and many other publications.
www.danielwallace.org
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| ISBN 13 | 9780156028585 |
| ISBN 10 | 0156028581 |
| Title | The Half-Mammals of Dixie |
| Author | George Singleton |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Mariner Books |
| Year published | 2003-09-08 |
| Number of pages | 312 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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