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Sugar Among the Freaks

by Lewis Nordan
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Introduction by Richard Howorth and foreword by the author. The incomparable Lewis Nordan's first two collections of short fiction—WELCOME TO THE ARROW-CATCHER FAIR and THE ALL-GIRL FOOTBALL TEAM—originally published in 1983 and 1986, have long been out of print in all editions. Collectors' items, these two books are now almost impossible for Nordan fans to find anywhere.To rectify that, Algonquin is delighted to announce a selection of fifteen of the best stories from the two books, newly arranged and introduced by fellow Mississippian, bookseller Richard Howorth, and with a foreword by the author. Critics have called Lewis Nordan's fiction "extraordinary" and "marvelous" and "stunning" and "scorching" and "story-telling genius." The selected stories show that genius in the making. "Characters that people the South hobble and dance across the pages of his short stories."—United Press International; "Delightfully eccentric situations and colorful language add up to a work that is even stronger than WOLF WHISTLE."—Library Journal.

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    January 5, 1996

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    • English

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    • Library Journal

      April 1, 1996
      Nordan, a Southern gothic writer in the Harry Crews tradition, is best known for Wolf Whistle (LJ 9/1/93), which managed to turn the lynching of Emmett Till into a black comedy. The present collection reprints stories from two earlier books, Welcome to the Arrow-Catcher Fair (LJ 9/15/83) and The All-Girl Football Team (Louisiana State Univ., 1986), with an informative introduction by Mississippi bookseller Richard Howorth. In "The Storyteller," a typical Nordan tale, a retired football coach sits at a drugstore counter sipping spiked coffee and reminiscing about the execution by hanging of a renegade circus elephant. The coach's boozy digressions constantly introduce new story lines, which are then sustained in a delirious backwater counterpoint. The stories involving Sugar Mecklin, a recurring character who also appears in the novel Music of the Swamp (LJ 8/91), seem at least partly autobiographical. Delightfully eccentric situations and colorful language add up to a work that is even stronger than Wolf Whistle. Recommended for all collections of Southern fiction.--Edward B. St. John, Loyola Law Sch. Lib., Los Angeles

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