| Coasters Contributor(s): Duff, Gerald (Author) |
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ISBN: 1588380297 ISBN-13: 9781588380296 Publisher: NewSouth Books OUR PRICE: $23.36 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2001 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Waylon McPhee, middle-aged and divorced, moves back in with his widowed father in hopes of coasting through another year. But his father is dating again, and his sisters don't like it. Waylon slides through life seeking to recover something he lost in his youth: enough momentum to achieve escape velocity. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2001031479 |
| Physical Information: 1.17" H x 6" W x 9" (1.40 lbs) 300 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Gulf Coast - Geographic Orientation - Texas |
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| Publisher Description: Waylon McPhee, middle-aged and divorced, moves back in with his widowed father in hopes of coasting through another year. But his father is dating again, and his sisters are trying to manipulate Waylon into asking their father for their inheritance before he gives it to a second wife. The sarcastic Waylon, juggling his relationships and responsibilities caustically but light-heartedly, hangs on hoping to recover something he lost in his youth: enough momentum to reach escape velocity. By turns humorous and melancholy, this novel cruises to a conclusion where all its characters satisfyingly reap what they have sown. Gerald Duff is a splendid writer of sparkling dialogue, and has perfect pitch for the ennui of contemporary life in the suburbs of the petroleum-chemical corridor that stretches along the Gulf Coast from Texas to Mississippi. |
Contributor Bio(s): Duff, Gerald: - Gerald Duff is a native of the Texas Gulf Coast, and has taught literature and writing at Vanderbilt University, Kenyon College, and Johns Hopkins University. The title story of Fire Ants won the Cohen Prize from Ploughshares Magazine, was cited in Best American Short Stories, and republished in The Editors' Choice: New American Stories. His novels have been nominated for the PEN/Faulkner Prize, an Edgar Allan Poe Award, an International eBook Award, and a Texas Institute of Letters Award. He has published two collections of poetry, A Ceremony of Light and Calling Collect, and six novels, including Indian Giver, That's All Right, Mama: The Unauthorized Life of Elvis's Twin, Memphis Ribs, and Coasters and Fire Ants from NewSouth Books. |