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Smoke
From the author of Tupelo Nights comes this heartwarming story that finds the residents of Smoke, a tiny hamlet in Louisiana, fighting to preserve the character of their small town. When fledgling novelist Pace Burnett heads home to Smoke, he finds the mom and pop businesses of Smoke being put under by an enormous Monster Mart.
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Having spent most of my life in small towns, I found an affinity for this novel that I am hard-pressed to describe to people who haven't "been there and done that."
The plot is simple: Small town misfit kidnaps the big corporate owner of the WalMart-like complex on the edge of the town, drives him around to all the small towns destroyed by his shady business practices, and forces him to apologize.
A surprisingly good novel about a small town and its secrets. I'd ...more
The plot is simple: Small town misfit kidnaps the big corporate owner of the WalMart-like complex on the edge of the town, drives him around to all the small towns destroyed by his shady business practices, and forces him to apologize.
A surprisingly good novel about a small town and its secrets. I'd ...more
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