The Magic Striptease (Voices of the South) - Softcover

Garrett, George

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807128740 ISBN 13: 9780807128749

Publisher: Louisiana State University Press, 2003

Synopsis

Three loose-fitting novellas--about a magical impressionist, law in the rural South, and a Florida tent revival--from the prolific poet, novelist, and playwright. Voices of the South. Advertising.

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Review

"Ridiculous, extravagant, and successful....The reader wonders what in the world is going to happen next--and keeps flipping the pages."

"A loose-fitting collection of three stories by a prolific poet, novelist, and playwright: a low-key fantasy about a magical impressionist who discovers that disguises are really a search for true self; an impressionistic portrait of the enforcers and exploiters of the law in the rural South; and an amusing shaggy-dog account of a Florida tent revival meeting which escalates into a patchwork of grotesquerie and bizarre coincidence."

"Distinctive in matter and manner, ranging in mood from comic to grim, these vignettes might have been written by different authors, except for the constants of Garrett's realistic, imaginative dialogue and dazzling quick-sketch portraiture....[They] will leave the reader high on the art of this raconteur."

"All three of the novellas in The Magic Striptease move Garrett's readers onto ambiguous and revealing moral ground, each in its own distinctive way.... The book is a small masterpiece, quite as brilliant as the major novels of Garrett's Elizabethan trilogy."

About the Author

George Garrett lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, with his wife, Susan. His numerous books include novels, such as The King of Babylon Shall Not Come Against You, Death of the Fox, and Do, Lord, Remember Me; poetry collections, most recently Days of Our Lives Lie in Fragments; and works of criticism, short fiction, and biography. Among his many honors are the Rome Prize and the T. S. Eliot Award. He is Henry Hoyns Professor of Creative Writing, Emeritus, at the University of Virginia.

Edition details

• Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0807128740
• ISBN 13: 9780807128749
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 288