false 2820426 3 <B>A funny and heartwarming novel about a down-on-his-luck writer who finally finds success and love</B><BR><BR> Steven Kearney is a bumbling, overweight writer who has produced thousands of pages of novels, plays, and poems—not a single one of which has ever been published. After being thrown out of his Manhattan apartment, Kearney is offered a position as playwright-in-residence for three months at the Creedemore Historical Society in Colorado, who want him to write and direct a historical play about the town. When Kearney arrives, all hell breaks loose. A dispute between an elderly landowner, Ticky Lettgo, and a young man named Red Fields escalates into a battle that pits local ranchers against a fringe anti-property group. Town sheriff Petey Meyers, still haunted by the death of his police partner, tries to keep the peace. As the national media descends on the town, the most extreme member of the activist group initiates a diabolical plan that could sabotage everything.<BR><BR> Amid all the tumult, Kearney pens a play that brilliantly captures the history of the town. In the process, he realizes he’s too old to keep beating up on himself and finds lasting love. With its lively characters and spellbinding pace, Ron McLarty’s new novel is sure to please. 2846360 3 7 2008 Art in America: A Novel total:64|5:3|4:17|3:28|2:13|1:3| 64 196 130 23 3 0 false false Mon Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 07 10:52:56 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 17 14:46:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 19:16:11 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 19:17:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Nov 18 08:20:05 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 18 08:39:31 -0800 2008 ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 20 09:47:11 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 20 10:10:42 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Apr 28 08:52:23 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 07:46:39 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 08:52:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 10:02:29 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 10:26:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Feb 25 17:43:11 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 19 12:23:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jan 28 14:14:33 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 14:15:56 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Nov 27 13:39:30 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 27 13:42:04 -0800 2008 it got a little long in the middle, but overall it remain...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 09 15:01:52 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 09 15:11:39 -0800 2008 While reading the less dynamic portions of the novel, it's difficult not to ima...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Nov 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 18 10:07:36 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 13:01:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Mar 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 17 10:40:39 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 09:54:26 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Nov 13 18:10:15 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 18:35:18 -0800 2008 Sometimes I get the feeling that an author really enjoys the world he created, and wants to keep hanging out in it. This was one of those times. The book has a lot of secondary characters and subplots, but while all of them are lively, I started to feel like some were a little...indulgent. Lik...more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Dec 20 05:40:24 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 05:41:49 -0800 2008 2 0 false false Wed Apr 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 07:20:03 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 08:20:25 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Thu Apr 23 04:53:27 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 17:15:54 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Thu Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 18 09:15:38 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 30 21:16:23 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Aug 27 13:17:09 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 23 06:00:03 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 13:17:09 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sat Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 15 16:20:33 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 18 21:09:13 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sat Jan 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 05 12:25:50 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 24 14:33:30 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2820426