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PublisherSimon & Schuster

ISBN-100743264649

ISBN-139780743264648

eBay Product ID (ePID)48245531

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Book TitleGlad News of The Natural World

Number of Pages304 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2006

TopicGeneral, Literary, Action & Adventure, Humorous / General

GenreFiction

AuthorT. R. Pearson

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight11.4 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Reviews"[A] magic carpet of a novel with a wonderfully disorienting charm." -- Scott Morris, The Wall Street Journal, "Louis makes a wonderful narrator of Glad News , mainly because he accepts just about everyone with humane resignation and understanding. He's the epitome of empathic tolerance. Louis eventually faces a situation that forces him to take charge of his life. And he does so with the humanity and wise humor that you'd expect from a lovable loser." -- Charles Ealy, The Dallas Morning News, "Louis makes a wonderful narrator of "Glad News," mainly because he accepts just about everyone with humane resignation and understanding. He's the epitome of empathic tolerance. Louis eventually faces a situation that forces him to take charge of his life. And he does so with the humanity and wise humor that you'd expect from a lovable loser."-- Charles Ealy, "The Dallas Morning News", "If Garrison Keillor and William Faulkner were joined in holy literary matrimony, with high priestesses Eudora Welty and Jane Austen waving an occasional wand over the process, their collective tale-spinning offspring might well bear a resemblance to Southern writer T. R. Pearson." -- Michael Upchurch, The Seattle Times, "I can think of no other contemporary writer who offers such surprises -- it is impossible to predict even how a sentence will end. . . . Pearson is surely among the greatest living Southern writers."-- Haven Kimmel, author ofSomething Rising (Light and Swift), "If Garrison Keillor and William Faulkner were joined in holy literary matrimony, with high priestesses Eudora Welty and Jane Austen waving an occasional wand over the process, their collective tale-spinning offspring might well bear a resemblance to Southern writer T. R. Pearson."-- Michael Upchurch, The Seattle Times, "Louis makes a wonderful narrator of Glad News , mainly because he accepts just about everyone with humane resignation and understanding. He's the epitome of empathic tolerance. Louis eventually faces a situation that forces him to take charge of his life. And he does so with the humanity and wise humor that you'd expect from a lovable loser."-- Charles Ealy, The Dallas Morning News, "[A] magic carpet of a novel with a wonderfully disorienting charm."-- Scott Morris,The Wall Street Journal, "If Garrison Keillor and William Faulkner were joined in holy literary matrimony, with high priestesses Eudora Welty and Jane Austen waving an occasional wand over the process, their collective tale-spinning offspring might well bear a resemblance to Southern writer T. R. Pearson."-- Michael Upchurch, "The Seattle Times", "I can think of no other contemporary writer who offers such surprises -- it is impossible to predict even how a sentence will end. . . . Pearson is surely among the greatest living Southern writers."-- Haven Kimmel, author of Something Rising (Light and Swift), "Louis makes a wonderful narrator ofGlad News, mainly because he accepts just about everyone with humane resignation and understanding. He's the epitome of empathic tolerance. Louis eventually faces a situation that forces him to take charge of his life. And he does so with the humanity and wise humor that you'd expect from a lovable loser."-- Charles Ealy,The Dallas Morning News, "If Garrison Keillor and William Faulkner were joined in holy literary matrimony, with high priestesses Eudora Welty and Jane Austen waving an occasional wand over the process, their collective tale-spinning offspring might well bear a resemblance to Southern writer T. R. Pearson."-- Michael Upchurch,The Seattle Times, "[A] magic carpet of a novel with a wonderfully disorienting charm."-- Scott Morris, "The Wall Street Journal", "[A] magic carpet of a novel with a wonderfully disorienting charm."-- Scott Morris, The Wall Street Journal, "I can think of no other contemporary writer who offers such surprises -- it is impossible to predict even how a sentence will end. . . . Pearson is surely among the greatest living Southern writers." -- Haven Kimmel, author of Something Rising (Light and Swift), "I can think of no other contemporary writer who offers such surprises -- it is impossible to predict even how a sentence will end. . . . Pearson is surely among the greatest living Southern writers."-- Haven Kimmel, author of "Something Rising (Light and Swift)"

SynopsisTwenty years ago, T. R. Pearson'sA Short History of a Small Placewas hailed as "an absolute stunner" (Jonathan Yardley,The Washington Post) and its hero, young Louis Benfield, was dubbed "a youth not as wry as Holden Caulfield, but certainly as observant, and with a bigger, even sadder heart" (Fran Schumer,The New York Times). Now, older but not necessarily wiser, Louis Benfield returns inGlad News of the Natural World. Having moved to New York City from his hometown of Neely, North Carolina, in order to get a sense of the larger world, Louis is a modern-day Candide, looking for love and experience in all the wrong places. However, when tragedy strikes, he finds the maturity needed to be more than man enough for the job., Twenty years ago, T. R. Pearson's "A Short History of a Small Place" was hailed as "an absolute stunner" (Jonathan Yardley, "The Washington Post") and its hero, young Louis Benfield, was dubbed "a youth not as wry as Holden Caulfield, but certainly as observant, and with a bigger, even sadder heart" (Fran Schumer, "The New York Times"). Now, older but not necessarily wiser, Louis Benfield returns in "Glad News of the Natural World." Having moved to New York City from his hometown of Neely, North Carolina, in order to get a sense of the larger world, Louis is a modern-day Candide, looking for love and experience in all the wrong places. However, when tragedy strikes, he finds the maturity needed to be more than man enough for the job., Twenty years ago, T. R. Pearson's A Short History of a Small Place was hailed as "an absolute stunner" (Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post ) and its hero, young Louis Benfield, was dubbed "a youth not as wry as Holden Caulfield, but certainly as observant, and with a bigger, even sadder heart" (Fran Schumer, The New York Times ). Now, older but not necessarily wiser, Louis Benfield returns in Glad News of the Natural World . Having moved to New York City from his hometown of Neely, North Carolina, in order to get a sense of the larger world, Louis is a modern-day Candide, looking for love and experience in all the wrong places. However, when tragedy strikes, he finds the maturity needed to be more than man enough for the job., The hilarious and heartbreaking sequel to T.R. Pearson's beloved bestseller, A Short History of a Small Place . Twenty years ago, T. R. Pearson's A Short History of a Small Place was hailed as "an absolute stunner" (Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post ) and its hero, young Louis Benfield, was dubbed "a youth not as wry as Holden Caulfield, but certainly as observant, and with a bigger, even sadder heart" (Fran Schumer, The New York Times ). Now, older but not necessarily wiser, Louis Benfield returns in Glad News of the Natural World . Having moved to New York City from his hometown of Neely, North Carolina, in order to get a sense of the larger world, Louis is a modern-day Candide, looking for love and experience in all the wrong places. However, when tragedy strikes, he finds the maturity needed to be more than man enough for the job.