| Welcome to Higby Contributor(s): Dunn, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 0743249887 ISBN-13: 9780743249881 Publisher: Atria Books OUR PRICE: $21.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2003 Annotation: The acclaimed author of "Ella Minnow Pea" brings the same charm and love of good language to this Robert Altman-esque comedy about the hilarious goings-on in a small town in northern Mississippi over Labor Day weekend. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Small Town & Rural |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 5.3" W x 8.04" (0.81 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - South - Demographic Orientation - Small Town |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Following the national success of Ella Minnow Pea, this second novel from Mark Dunn brings the same charm and love of good language to a small town in the South. A Robert Altmanesque comedy, Welcome to Higby follows the hilarious goings-on in a small town in northern Mississippi over Labor Day weekend. From mousy Carmen Valentine, whose guardian angel, Arnetta, gives her penny-pinching shopping tips, to addled old Hank Grammar, who preaches Jesus to his neighbors' pets, Higby's townsfolk have a knack for getting into -- and trouble getting out of -- outrageous situations. Blessed with an unerring eye for dead-on details, Dunn lovingly traces the eccentric and touching lives of his characters, offering an intelligent yet heartwarming vision of life in small-town America. Welcome to Higby is a Southern comical tale about simple dreams both realized and thwarted by all the complexities of the human heart |
Contributor Bio(s): Dunn, Mark: - Mark Dunn is the author of Ella Minnow Pea, a winner of the Borders Original Voices Award, a finalist for the Book Sense Book of the Year, and a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers title. He has written twenty-five plays and is currently the playwright-in-residence with the New Jersey Repertory Company and Community Theatre League in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Originally from Memphis, he now resides with his wife in Greenwich Village. |