false 6225099 1 As recorded in Rick Collignon s second novel, Perdido, a tall black man with one arm longer than the other walked into Guadalupe, New Mexico one morning about 50 years ago, stayed pretty much to himself for seven years, and then walked back out of town. No one knew who he was or what became of him. Now, as his last act, an old man named Ruffino Trujillo tells his grown son Cipriano a story about what became of the black man. After Ruffino s death, Cipriano discovers an old canvas bag bearing the name of Madewell Brown. Inside are a hand-carved doll, an old blanket, an unlabeled photo of a Negro League baseball team, and a small, yellowing envelope that was never posted. Thinking it the least he can do, Cipriano mails the letter. When it arrives in Cairo, Illinois, it comes into the hands of a young woman named Rachael, who believes it is from her lost grandfather. She believes this because of all that she s been told by the raggedy old man who taught her everything: Obie Poole, who was Madewell s friend and the orphaned Rachael s anchor, the man who gives this eloquent novel its authentic sense of history lived. Drawn magically forward on Rick Collignon s direct and haunting prose, we follow Rachael to Guadalupe in search of her own identity and we watch as Cipriano tries to make sense of the story his father told him about a dead man who didn t belong there. This fourth installment in Collignon s beloved Guadalupe series is as magical as its predecessors, as emotionally honest, as surprising and it firmly establishes Rick Collignon as a master American storyteller. 6405815 5 5 2009 Madewell Brown total:10|5:6|4:4|3:0|2:0|1:0| 10 46 18 5 4 0 false false Tue May 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 17:09:44 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 15:52:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 10:42:47 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 12:15:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 07:56:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 09:12:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Feb 11 14:40:43 -0800 2009 Thu Jul 09 13:07:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 01:36:28 -0800 2009 Fri Jul 31 21:30:10 -0700 2009 http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.12/the-stor...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Nov 07 12:37:27 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 12:37:27 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Aug 19 18:13:59 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 18:13:59 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 10 20:15:35 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 20:15:35 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jun 18 05:39:37 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 05:39:37 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jun 11 14:19:10 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 14:19:10 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue May 26 08:13:57 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 08:13:57 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri May 22 10:53:47 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 10:54:35 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue May 12 18:54:35 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 18:54:38 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat May 09 06:58:36 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 04:43:57 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 06:58:36 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Apr 23 05:22:58 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 05:22:58 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 12:35:58 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 20:03:02 -0700 2009 1 0 0 false false Wed Feb 25 08:26:27 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 08:26:27 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sun Feb 08 07:14:20 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 07:14:20 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6225099