{"product_id":"9780156030915","title":"Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eNovel\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): George Singleton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in the town of Gruel, South Carolina, this first novel by George Singleton, master of the comic short story, is the tale of a young man named Novel (his brother's name is James; his sister's is Joyce), a professional snake handler who stumbles across strange doings while he sits in a motel room writing his autobiography. As he struggles to recount his life story, he uncovers-and finds himself starring in-a decades-old town secret, one that can blow him and his fellow citizens sky-high. Funny as only George Singleton can be, full of Southern mischief and wit, Novel is a crazed and crazy fictional whirlwind of drinking, motel-living, art-forgery-committing, pool-playing redneck charm.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003ePRAISE FOR THE HALF-MAMMALS OF DIXIE \u003cbr\u003e\"Singleton's relentlessly offbeat stories are a miasma of flea markets, palm readers, bowling alleys, and alligators, offering a disturb-ingly askew-at times, downright surreal-vision of the South.\" -ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Sly, intelligent, hilarious.\"-THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780156030915\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Harper Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41151273337038,"sku":"9780156030915","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780156030915.jpg?v=1651131023","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780156030915","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}