tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145710941267147392.post-49984166618237365472007-08-29T07:16:00.000-07:002007-09-12T12:43:52.569-07:00<div align="center"><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_3cBCJU26RZs/RtmQagvJQII/AAAAAAAAABs/5PRvuLbBaJo/s1600-h/Novel+jpg.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105270437739839618" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_3cBCJU26RZs/RtmQagvJQII/AAAAAAAAABs/5PRvuLbBaJo/s200/Novel+jpg.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong>“Singleton may have invented a new genre. Call it The Hoot.”<br />—Kirkus Reviews</strong><br /><br /><br />In his first novel, entitled <em>Novel</em>, 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.<br /><br />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.</div>George Singletonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08049377554437456881noreply@blogger.com