false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180385869m/1033539.jpg 1033539 4 <P>Following the national success of <I>Ella Minnow Pea,</I> 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, <I>Welcome to Higby</I> 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. <I>Welcome to Higby</I> is a Southern comical tale about simple dreams both realized and thwarted by all the complexities of the human heart.<P> 1019855 2002 Welcome to Higby : A Novel total:105|5:9|4:31|3:40|2:21|1:4| 105 335 196 19 3 0 false false Wed Feb 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 13:12:16 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 17:07:35 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Fri Aug 07 06:41:45 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 06:42:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Apr 19 13:17:33 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 06:22:09 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 13:17:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Oct 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 01 04:00:29 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 04:00:29 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Wed Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Wed Jul 29 11:36:44 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 12:57:24 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Aug 03 08:14:37 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 03 08:17:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Sep 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 14 20:19:16 -0800 2007 Wed Sep 09 12:57:26 -0700 2009 Ella Minnow Pea, I found it highly enjoyable. The wacky cast and conversational tone felt a little like Christopher Moore, but with less sarcasm and no demons or other fantasy beings. The book is really a bunch of short chapters each telling a small story a...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 15 06:38:09 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 13:47:53 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Thu Sep 04 17:35:42 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 07 20:59:13 -0700 2008 Ella Minnow Pea, but not this novel. The characters that inhabit the story were not people I cared to get to know, and did not improve upon closer acquaintance. They were not even people I could sympathize with in their flaws. In the book's defense, I was v...more...]]> 1 0 false false Mon Jun 01 09:58:10 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 28 09:55:57 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 01 09:58:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 true false Sat Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 17 06:28:42 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 17 06:29:10 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Sat Jan 05 10:47:30 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 05 10:47:42 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Oct 19 13:44:12 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 19 13:46:08 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue Nov 13 05:17:38 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 13 05:17:38 -0800 2007 4 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Tue Nov 13 13:56:46 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 13 13:59:24 -0800 2007 0 0 false false Tue Aug 12 11:39:21 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 16 07:05:57 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Fri Oct 12 11:38:11 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 12 11:38:11 -0700 2007 http://www.bookpage.com/0210bp/mark_dunn...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 27 11:26:47 -0700 2007 Fri Jan 04 14:11:19 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Thu Jun 28 07:54:13 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 28 07:54:42 -0700 2007 2 0 false false Sun Nov 22 11:48:29 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 11:48:29 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1033539