Foggy Mountain Breakdown - Hardcover

McCrumb, Sharyn

3.86

926 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0754032116 ISBN 13: 9780754032113

Publisher: Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C, 1998

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This collection of short fiction contains chilling tales of suspense and narratives that embrace southern Appalachian locales and themes: a mountain healer skirmishes with a serial killer; a reincarnated murder victim seeks revenge; and honeymooners in the groom's ancestral home are having second thoughts.

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"Nearly every story in this collection is a standout . . . McCrumb's stories will pluck at the heart like a twangy country love tune; they'll make readers wonder, laugh, weep, and mourn; they'll evoke anger, sorrow, fear, and tenderness; they'll entertain, repel, delight, and mesmerize". -- Booklist (starred review)

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The first-ever collection of Sharyn McCrumb's short fiction, FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREAKDOWN is a literary quilting of old and new, offering award-winning works and two stories never before published. Chilling tales of suspense alternate with evocative character portraits and compelling narratives that embrace the southern Appalachian locales and themes of McCrumb's acclaimed Ballad Novels. The author's perfect-pitch ear for dialogue and ability to illuminate the dark side of human nature merge with her brilliant artistry to make this volume a virtuoso collection for devotees of Sharyn McCrumb -- and for the legion of new readers who will find themselves caught under her spell.

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