false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172932420m/231115.jpg 231115 4 One night in the antebellum South, a slave owner and his African-American butler stay up to all hours until, too drunk to face their wives, they switch places in each other's beds. The result is a hilarious imbroglio and an offspring -- Andrew Hawkins, whose life becomes <I>Oxherding Tale.</I><P>Through sexual escapades, picaresque adventures, and philosophical inquiry, Hawkins navigates white and black worlds and comments wryly on human nature along the way. Told with pure genius, <I>Oxherding Tale</I> is a deliciously funny, bitterly ironic account of slavery, racism, and the human spirit; and it reveals the author as a great talent with even greater humanity. 2542853 1983 Oxherding Tale: A Novel total:78|5:24|4:32|3:17|2:3|1:2| 78 307 112 13 4 0 false false Sat Aug 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 19:50:25 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 19:57:15 -0700 2009 Tristram Shandy ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 28 04:51:13 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 08 08:04:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Dec 13 23:06:15 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 23:08:14 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Fri Nov 21 07:49:09 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 07:49:32 -0800 2008 2 0 false false Sun May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Feb 25 10:18:42 -0800 2009 Mon May 11 09:36:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat May 10 04:53:04 -0700 2008 Fri Feb 29 17:12:03 -0800 2008 Sat May 10 04:53:04 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 true false Sun Aug 10 10:34:07 -0700 2008 Wed Feb 11 16:24:43 -0800 2009
This is one of those great novels that is both lighthearted and deeply meaningful at the same time.

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