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Magic Time
Magic Time
Author: Doug Marlette
A prize-winning Southern master storyteller weaves a riveting tale of love, mystery and justice — When the Pulitzer Prize-–winning cartoonist Doug Marlette last turned to fiction, Valerie Sayers rejoiced in The Washington Post Book World: "“The Bridge [is] a great story— -- exuberant, proud, myth-challenging—...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780374200015
ISBN-10: 0374200017
Publication Date: 10/3/2006
Pages: 496
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Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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Minehava avatar reviewed Magic Time on + 852 more book reviews
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Doug Marlette has decided to write about the South without the embroidery and fantasy often used by Southern wanna-be's, Southern never-were's or the Southern elite that 99.999% of Southerners don't know and will instinctually avoid. As you read about the evil of racism that was and still is a factor in all regions of our nation, Doug Marlette will remind you that evil rarely introduces itself for easy identification. Racism is an evil that Magic Time will not let the reader forget. What strikes this reader is that Doug Marlette doesn't hide behind the mask of explanation or run from the nudity found in the truth but presents a story to the reader for their own interpretations. Wow, what a concept, tell the story, present the reality, and accept the consequences of that honesty. Even the intellectually gifted can come down from their lofty perch of literary reference, pause in their instruction, and consider the fact that most us want a good story that teaches good over evil.
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