Background
He was born in Charlotte, North Carolina and was educated at the University of North Carolina, where he currently teaches in the Creative Writing Program.
( Richard's married to Caroline, but how long can he endu...)
Richard's married to Caroline, but how long can he endure her constant chatter? When cool, calm Cynthia tempts Richard with sex, money, and peace and quiet, crazy Caroline goes on the warpath. Rootie Kazootie was a children's television show in the early 1950s. The show was broadcast live from New York City on Saturday mornings. Rootie also appeared in comic books and Little Golden Books during that period. In this novel, the title refers to a character who shares Rootie's personality.
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“Compassionate understanding and humor illuminate this understated yet dazzling work” (Publishers Weekly)-a compelling parable in which two sisters find, among the neglected virtues of the past, a sustenance to carry them into the future. “A fine, unnerving little hermeneutic of love” (Village Voice).
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(Ervin and Margaret Neal are trying to tear loose from eac...)
Ervin and Margaret Neal are trying to tear loose from each other, but after 30 years of family madness they don't know how to, short of death or murder. Their daughter Sally has fled from home and married, but this too is far from perfect. And then her parents arrive for a visit.
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He was born in Charlotte, North Carolina and was educated at the University of North Carolina, where he currently teaches in the Creative Writing Program.
Early in his career he published several stories under the pseudonym Peter Nesovich. His novel, Taller Women, a Cautionary Tale, was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year in 1992. His most recent book, A Southern Tragedy, in Crimson and Yellow, although a novel and set over a number of years, is partially based on the true story of the 1991 Hamlet chicken processing plant fire.
The book was awarded the 2005 Walter Raleigh Award for the best work of fiction by a North Carolina author
( “Compassionate understanding and humor illuminate this ...)
( Richard's married to Caroline, but how long can he endu...)
(Ervin and Margaret Neal are trying to tear loose from eac...)