Synopsis
In an exploration of American individualism and human motivations, Luther Mathias starts off by selling snake-oil medicine and rises to a position of great power in early twentieth-century West Texas
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Review
." . . suspenseful, poignant, and irresistibly entertaining. Bauer makes some wonderful observations about life in America during the 1900s, and about humanity's eternal need for illusion, and his characterization is sharp and funny."--"Publisher's Weekly"
"Chillingly eloquent and very much in the American grain."--"Newsday," Dan Cryer
Chillingly eloquent and very much in the American grain. "Newsday," Dan Cryer
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. . . suspenseful, poignant, and irresistibly entertaining. Bauer makes some wonderful observations about life in America during the 1900s, and about humanity s eternal need for illusion, and his characterization is sharp and funny. "Publisher s Weekly"
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About the Author
Douglas Bauer is the author of several books, including What Happens Next? Matters of Life and Death (Iowa, 2013), Prairie City, Iowa: Three Seasons at Home (Iowa, 2008), The Stuff of Fiction: Advice on Craft, and three novels, Dexterity, The Very Air, and The Book of Famous Iowans. His edited works include Death by Pad Thai and Other Unforgettable Meals and Prime Times: Writers on Their Favorite TV Shows. He lives in Boston and teaches literature at Bennington College, USA.
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