“Singleton may have invented a new genre. Call it The Hoot.”
—Kirkus Reviews
In his first novel, entitled Novel, George Singleton, master of the comic short story, introduces us to a down-on-his-luck young man named Novel who lives in the colorful town of Gruel, South Carolina. With adopted Irish siblings named James and Joyce, Novel is a professional snake handler who stumbles across strange doings while he manages a motel and resides in one of its rooms writing his autobiography. As he struggles to recount his life story, he uncovers—and finds himself starring in—a decades-old town secret that can blow him and his fellow citizens sky-high.
Irreverent and funny as only George Singleton can be, full of Southern mischief and wit, Novel is a laugh-out-loud fictional whirlwind of drinking, cheap motel-living, art-forgery- committing, pool-playing redneck charm.
