Book : The Bible Salesman A Novel - Edgerton, Clyde

-Titulo Original : The Bible Salesman A Novel

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Back Bay Books

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Preston Clearwater has been a criminal since stealing two chain saws and 1600 pairs of aviator sunglasses from the Army during the Second World War. Back on the road in post-war North Carolina, a member of a car-theft ring, he picks up hitch-hiking Henry Dampier, an innocent nineteen-year-old Bible salesman. Clearwater immediately recognizes Henry as just the associate he needs -- one who will believe is working as an F.B.I. spy; one who will drive the cars Clearwater steals as Clearwater follows along in another car at a safe distance. Henry joyfully sees a chance to lead a dual life as Bible salesman and a G-man. During his hilarious and scary adventures we learn of Henrys fundamentalist youth, an upbringing that doesnt prepare him for his new life. As he falls in love and questions his religious training, Henry begins to see hes being used -- that the fun and games are over, that he is on his own in a way he never imagined. Review As much as the crime story takes center stage here, its in these extended flashbacks to Dampiers history that Edgerton shows some of his best writing: quick, nostalgic glimpses of a lost era, told mainly from a childs wide-eyed perspective-but infused with a master storytellers understanding of the adult world as well.... Warm and winning. Raleigh Metro Magazine Edgerton is a master of not only describing small-town life, but also of making the reader long for it...Edgerton has great affection for his characters, and while he makes us laugh at their eccentricities, he also provides his readers with enough substance and vulnerability to fall in love with them....one great joy ride. The News & Observer (Raleigh) Clyde Edgertons funniest in years. Star News Online (Wilmington) In this comedic novel, Edgerton, the author of seven best sellers, gives us a satisfying twist on the coming-of-age tale. Library Journal The influences of Mark Twain and James Thurber color The Bible Salesman...With intoxicating Southern-fried humor thats both warm and biting, Edgertons latest is a breezy crowd-pleaser that will certainly expand his already large and loyal readership. Western North Carolina Magazine A breezy and sometimes humorous yarn. The Wall Street Journal Achingly poignant and ripsnortingly funny... The Bible Salesman is so sweet and funny that its darker themes of death, abandonment, existential uncertainty and the impermanence of human relations sneak up quietly on the reader. The News & Observer Hilarious...beyond the violence and beyond the laugh-out-loud humor, this story of a boy who becomes a man is, in Edgertons hands, a true tale of redemption. Its not a spoiler to say that, by novels end, Henry is indeed saved, though not by any illusions fed to him in Sunday School. Nashville Scene If youve ever read any of Clyde Edgertons wonderful books, you know the characters rule supreme. The same remains true of his newest novel, The Bible Salesman... The character youll remember most is a recently passed-away cat named Bunny. Southern Living Clyde Edgertons storytelling is sublime.... The Bible Salesman is a deeply satisfying novel, and great fun. The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC) Edgerton mines the orthodoxy of his youth in rural North Carolina to find humor in an awkward young man wrestling with the temptations. The Roanoke Times An escapist romp at heart, perfect for a lazy summers afternoon. O Magazine There are immense pleasures in the tales patched together in The Bible Salesman - tales that could have been spun on the front porch of a late summer North Carolina night. The Washington Post A rollicking, rambling road novel...one of the better takes on the Southern bible salesman buddy stories since Moses Prey and Addie Prey in Paper Moon. Publishers Weekly The Bible Salesman skillfully employs all the devices its author has honed over the years-a fine ear for dialogue, a love f