A Short History of a Small Place
of T.R. Pearson (Goodreads Author)
Description
Marvelously funny, bittersweet, and beautifully evocative, the original publication of A Short History of a Small Place announced the arrival of one of our great Southern voices. Although T. R. Pearson's Neely, North Carolina, doesn't appear on any map of the state, it has already earned a secure place on the literary landscape of the South. In this introduction to Neely, the young narrator, Louis Benfield, recounts the tragic last days of Miss Myra Angelique Pettigrew, a local spinster and former town belle who, after years of total seclusion, returns flamboyantly to public view-with her pet monkey, Mr. Britches. Here is a teeming human comedy inhabited by some of the most eccentric and endearing characters ever encountered in literature.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 384 pages
- Publisher Penguin Books
- Publication Date September 30th 2003
- First Publication 10/29/85
- Language English
- ISBN 9780142003626
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
- Scenario ['North Carolina (United States)']
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