false 332376 7 On the Ides of March, our hero, Raleigh Whittier Hayes (forgetful husband, baffled father, prosperous insurance agent and leading citizen of Thermopylae, North Carolina), learns that his father has discharged himself from the hospital, taken all his money out of the bank and, with a young black female mental patient, vanished in a yellow Cadillac convertible. Left behind is a mysterious list of seven outrageous tasks that Raleigh must perform in order to rescue his father and his inheritance. <P>And so Raleigh and fat Mingo Sheffield (his irrepressibly loyal friend) set off on an uproarious contemporary treasure hunt through a landscape of unforgettable characters, falling into adventures worthy of Tom Jones and Huck Finn. A moving parable of human love and redemption, Handling Sin is Michael Malone's comic masterpiece. 2455391 1986 Handling Sin total:372|5:167|4:122|3:62|2:13|1:8| 372 1543 562 86 5 3 false false Thu Sep 11 14:50:58 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 14:56:32 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Jan 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 27 19:28:13 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 08:14:43 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Mar 25 19:08:05 -0700 2007 Tue Mar 27 09:33:01 -0700 2007
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This is one of my all-time favorite books. It takes a bit to get into it, but once the characters hit the road you won't be able to put it dow...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Sep 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 12:55:12 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 11:25:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 03 17:17:54 -0700 2007 Tue Dec 18 18:53:31 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jan 08 12:38:23 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 31 06:09:59 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 1988 Wed Jun 06 06:40:56 -0700 2007 Fri Dec 21 16:28:08 -0800 2007 The story of a man whose orderly, controlled life is torn every which way to pieces in a few short weeks, this 'road' book covers an amazing amount of gro...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 15:35:08 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 15:44:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 05 15:42:03 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 08:57:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Mon Oct 26 02:50:02 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 02:52:18 -0700 2009
i think i read too many positive reviews before i read it and kept waiting for the super fun...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Feb 22 11:57:45 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 12:05:26 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Mon Jul 06 08:09:52 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 08:11:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1988 Fri Jul 25 06:31:53 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 25 06:31:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 18:29:31 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 18:32:45 -0700 2009
The cast of characters, especially Mingo, are terrific and Moore put's them in situations that bring out their best. ]]> 5 0 false false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Feb 04 15:09:26 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 15:10:47 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sat Jan 17 22:00:48 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 22:03:37 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 19:19:24 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 19:21:27 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Wed Nov 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Oct 16 23:48:34 -0700 2008 Wed Nov 26 13:38:25 -0800 2008 Reminded me of a movie and I am very surprised one has not been made yet. Like all of Malone's books this one is quite long (600 pages) and took me longer to read than...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 05 09:07:36 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 26 11:44:44 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 05 09:07:36 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jul 18 09:24:35 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 09:26:31 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=332376