tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145710941267147392.post-52451513862539231442007-08-29T07:12:00.000-07:002007-09-12T12:42:49.140-07:00<div align="center"><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_3cBCJU26RZs/RtV_VQvJP-I/AAAAAAAAAAc/UYPf3rLUBEw/s1600-h/These+People+(small).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104125755941011426" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_3cBCJU26RZs/RtV_VQvJP-I/AAAAAAAAAAc/UYPf3rLUBEw/s200/These+People+(small).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong>"Funny and funky, trendy and counter-friendly, wild and accurate." ---Fred Chappell</strong><br /><br />Once you start reading George Singleton's first book of stories, a strange thing happens: You discover that the characters sound like people you know--people who are trying hard to make sense of modern absurdities.<br />With a style all his own, Singleton fashions a world that wins our hearts but teases our senses: how to find a black-market sonogram so your pregnant wife won't find out<br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_3cBCJU26RZs/Rtmi4wvJQOI/AAAAAAAAACc/-cCWlibRxNM/s1600-h/thesepeopleB&Njpeg.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105290748640182498" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_3cBCJU26RZs/Rtmi4wvJQOI/AAAAAAAAACc/-cCWlibRxNM/s200/thesepeopleB%26Njpeg.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />you accidentally taped over the original; how to help your father and everyone else in town fake being hit by a tornado to get emergency government funds; and why not to look for your next wife at your local recycling center<br />Step into Singleton's world and you'll see why he is earning a reputation as one of the funniest, wisest, and most surprising Southern writers of his generation--and why he was named one of the "new writers you need to know" by Book Magazine.</div>George Singletonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08049377554437456881noreply@blogger.com