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9780156030915
Praise for WHY DOGS CHASE CARS "Singleton's hilarious insights come early and often."--"The New York Times Book Review" "Singleton's style lies outside the usual briar patch. It's a cross between, say, Ralph Ellison and Molly Ivins . . . Singleton isn't just a killer at the hilarious one-liner, he can keep riffing on something good paragraph after paragraph, page after page."--"The Atlanta Journal Constitution" Praise for THE HALF-MAMMALS OF DIXIE "Singleton's relentlessly offbeat stories are a miasma of flea markets, palm readers, bowling alleys, and alligators, offering a disturbingly askew--at times, downright surreal--vision of the South."--"Entertainment Weekly" "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" (Charleston, SC) "Absolutely hilarious. It reads like a combination of the wry humor of Eudora Welty, the bizarre creations of Flannery O'Connor, and the crazy denizens of Edward Swift's Splendora."--"Richmond Times-Dispatch" Praise for THESE PEOPLE ARE US "George Singleton has the singular voice of a down-home schizophrenic. His stories are crazy mad fun."--"Playboy" "George Singleton writes about the rural South without sentimentality or stereotype but with plenty of sharp-witted humor . . . A raconteur of trends, counter-trends, obsessions and odd characters."--"Morning Edition, "NPRSingleton, George is the author of 'Novel' with ISBN 9780156030915 and ISBN 0156030918.
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