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"The 'white trash' novel has an honored place at the table of
American
letters. From William Faulkner to Russell Banks, John Steinbeck to
Dorothy
Allison... Merle Drown is a welcome addition." Newsday "Throughout, Drown's language shines, and even his most misguided characters are fully alive, resonant, and original, speaking with quiet, piercing wisdom." Publishers Weekly "A tense blend of hilarity and savagery..Lots of edgy, quick humor." Kirkus Reviews |
"Biting, ribald...engaging characters...What gives
The Suburbs of
Heaven
much of its charm are the voices of its narrators, the five Hutchinses.
Each of them is endowed with a similar blunt and idiosyncratic
eloquence."
The New York Times "Brutal and hilarious...a mini-masterpiece of Southern Gothic gone north." Gallery "Chaucer would weep a little, laugh a lot, and inquire if Mr. Drown might not like to sit on the tailgate and split a twelve-pack of Stroh's. A gritty, funny book." Theodore Weesner, author of Novemberfest and The Car Thief |
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