Edisto A Novel Author:Padgett Powell A novel that has drawn comparisons with the work of J. D. Salinger, Truman Capote, and Flannery O?Connor, Edisto centers on one Simons Everson Manigault, a twelve-year-old possessed of a vocabulary and sophistication way beyond his years and a preadolescent bewilderment with the behavior of adults. These include his mother, who is known a... more »s the Duchess, and his enigmatic father-surrogate, Taurus. Imbued with a strong sense of place?an isolated strip of South Carolina coast called Edisto?Padgett Powell?s novel is ?truly remarkable . . . both as a narrative and in its extraordinary use of language? (Walker Percy).« less