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In this masterful debut, Martin Clark proves to be the heir apparent of great Southern raconteurs and the envy of more seasoned novelists as he takes us on a frantic tour of the modern south.
Hung over, beaten by the unforgiving sun, bitter at his estranged wife, and dreading the day's docket of petty criminal cases, Judge Evers Wheeling is in need of something on the morning he's accosted by Ruth Esther English. Ruth Esther's strange story certainly is something, and Judge Wheeling finds himself in uncharted territory. Reluctantly agreeing to help Ruth Esther retrieve some stolen money, he recruits his pot-addled brother and a band of merry hangers-on for the big adventure. Raucous road trips, infidelity, suspected killers, winning Lotto tickets, drunken philosophical rants, and at least one naked woman tied to a road sign ensue in The Many Aspects of Mobile Home Living, one part legal thriller, one part murder mystery, and all parts all wild.
Hung over, beaten by the unforgiving sun, bitter at his estranged wife, and dreading the day's docket of petty criminal cases, Judge Evers Wheeling is in need of something on the morning he's accosted by Ruth Esther English. Ruth Esther's strange story certainly is something, and Judge Wheeling finds himself in uncharted territory. Reluctantly agreeing to help Ruth Esther retrieve some stolen money, he recruits his pot-addled brother and a band of merry hangers-on for the big adventure. Raucous road trips, infidelity, suspected killers, winning Lotto tickets, drunken philosophical rants, and at least one naked woman tied to a road sign ensue in The Many Aspects of Mobile Home Living, one part legal thriller, one part murder mystery, and all parts all wild.
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The strength of this book...is in characters that are not only unexpectedly quirky but also believable in very human ways. Charming and funny and touching and twisted, as fresh and tart as a perfect martini. Road trips, infidelity, suspected killers, winning Lotto tickets, and drunken philosophical rants are just a few of the elements that combine to make The Many Aspects of Mobile Home Living what it is: one part legal thriller, one part murder mystery, and all parts wild.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
This was an awesome book on many levels, and I'm sorry that I can't find another book by Clark on the web site. This novel combines a murder mystery with very human characters (and, yes, one of them lives in a mobile home)and also romance, love of family and friends, and some aspects of what it means to have faith. After the first few pages, I had difficulty putting it down and spent a night or two reading late into the night.
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Not at all what I expected, but I really enjoyed this book.
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