| The Devil's Fingers & Other Personal Essays Contributor(s): Hoggard, James (Author) |
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ISBN: 1609402901 ISBN-13: 9781609402907 Publisher: Wings Press (TX) OUR PRICE: $16.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2013 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: 814.54 |
| LCCN: 2012048815 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.65 lbs) 194 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The more than two dozen personal essays in this new collection by one of Texas's master storytellers range from travel pieces about Havana and London to stories about small-town exotics that are funny, nervy, outlandish, and all characterized by James Hoggard's sly wit and his noted openness to people he meets along the way. Fast-paced, yet at the same time reflective, Hoggard guides his readers into some of the wonderfully strange turns of the world, including a Saturday morning gathering of khaki-dressed men who have hunkered down at a Dairy Queen to get away from their women who want them to spend the day doing chores. At the same time they see Hoggard as a bicycle-riding exotic who finds it normal to go out and bike 60-odd miles before lunch. Now and then the encounters are hair-raising, sometimes scary, but Hoggard always provides the kind of interior monologues that draw upon both deep reading and deep observation. |