Set in the shadows of the deep South, these four linked stories take readers into the lives of the night people - the odd, the innocent, the evil and the unearthly. Theirs is a world of sexual confusion, religious fanaticism, racial discrimination, child abuse and poverty.
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Set in the shadows of the deep South, these four linked stories take readers into the lives of the night people - the odd, the innocent, the evil and the unearthly. Theirs is a world of sexual confusion, religious fanaticism, racial discrimination, child abuse and poverty.
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Seller's Description:
Very Good in Very Good jacket. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light age-toning. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; boards and text also very good. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book 1st ed. fine in dust jacket. Four Novellas. "Big Betty Stalcup and Cutie Early, lesbian cons on the lam, unleash a bloody reeducation campaign for "Miss Jesus." Twin pastors Dallas and Dilys Salt engage in guerrilla warfare over choice and homophobia. John Brown's body returns to inspire abortionist Beatifica Brown. Alcoholic Wes Lesson tries to turn his life around but gets a job with dope smugglers. His daughter Marble survives a lightning strike and attempted rape to become Jesus' special pen pal. Gifford again employs the formula of quirky characters, desperate situations, hilarious black humor, steamy Gulf Coast settings, simmering sexuality, neo-gothic horror, and interweaving plotlines that worked so well in earlier books..."--Library Journal.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7 3/4"-9 3/4" Tall. 190 pages. Tight binding, clean and crisp pages. A touch of light shelf wear to dustjacket, otherwise fine. No inscriptions. No remainder mark. Not price clipped. Not ex-library. An excellent copy protected in a new Mylar cover.
