Fancy Strut: A Novel
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“[Lee Smith] re-creates a vanished way of life with stunning authenticity.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer
Speed, Alabama, is frantically preparing for the event of a lifetime: Sesquicentennial Week. And all her proud citizens are kicking up their heels in a lively, pompous fancy strut. . . .
Praise for Fancy Strut
“Smith offers ripe entertainment.”—People
“[She] brings the storytelling gift off the porch swing and onto the printed page with an often breathtaking vitality. . . . A writer of rare talent.”—Publishers Weekly
“A spellbinding storyteller.”—Newsday
“[Smith] has the gift of a McCullers or a Faulkner of catching the sorrow, irony, and humor indigenous to the Southern temperament.”—Booklist
Speed, Alabama, is frantically preparing for the event of a lifetime: Sesquicentennial Week. And all her proud citizens are kicking up their heels in a lively, pompous fancy strut. . . .
Praise for Fancy Strut
“Smith offers ripe entertainment.”—People
“[She] brings the storytelling gift off the porch swing and onto the printed page with an often breathtaking vitality. . . . A writer of rare talent.”—Publishers Weekly
“A spellbinding storyteller.”—Newsday
“[Smith] has the gift of a McCullers or a Faulkner of catching the sorrow, irony, and humor indigenous to the Southern temperament.”—Booklist
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