false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167856527m/26921.jpg 26921 7 <P>Get to know the colorful cast of characters at the Granite State Trailerpark, where Flora in number 11 keeps more than a hundred guinea pigs andscreams at people to stay away from her babies, Claudel in number 5 thinks he is lucky until his wife burns down their trailer and runs off with Howie Leeke, and Noni in number 7 has telephone conversations with Jesus and tells the police about them. In this series of related short stories, Russell Banks offers gripping, realistic portrayals of individual Americans and paints a portrait of New England life that is at once dark, witty, and revealing.</P> 2155583 1981 Trailerpark total:247|5:42|4:108|3:80|2:13|1:4| 247 912 324 18 4 1 false false Mon Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jan 01 18:05:36 -0800 2009 Tue Jul 14 15:01:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 16:47:30 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 16:52:00 -0800 2009
Perhaps it's that the stories have an oral tinge to them, as though we were discussing them with the author, rather than merely reading them.

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