A Short History of a Small Place

by T. R. Pearson

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780142003626
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	09/30/2003
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	384
Sales rank:	688,238
Product dimensions:	5.11(w) x 7.71(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

T. R. Pearson is the author of eight novels, including Polar and Blue Ridge, a New York Times Notable Book.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"An absolute stunner . . . In a small place in North Carolina, Pearson has found the stuff of life." (The Washington Post Book World)

"Anyone from anywhere should feel a fond familiarity with the citizens of Neely." (The New York Times Book Review)

Editorial Reviews

"An absolute stunner . . . In a small place in North Carolina, Pearson has found the stuff of life." (The Washington Post Book World)

"Anyone from anywhere should feel a fond familiarity with the citizens of Neely." (The New York Times Book Review)

From the Publisher

Pearson's 1985 outing is another one of those humorous novels set in a fictional Southern town populated by eccentrics. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

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