The Bible Salesman: A Novel - Softcover

"A breezy and sometimes humorous yarn."--The Wall Street Journal "Clyde Edgerton's funniest in years."--Star News Online (Wilmington) "Clyde Edgerton's funniest in years." "Star News Online (Wilmington)"" "Clyde Edgerton's storytelling is sublime...."The Bible Salesman" is a deeply satisfying novel, and great fun." "The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC)"" "Hilarious. . . The Bible Salesman combines the sweet and funny stories of growing up in the South with the humorous and frightening adventures of a life of crime." "Associated Press"" "A breezy and sometimes humorous yarn." "The Wall Street Journal"" "Achingly poignant and ripsnortingly funny..."The Bible Salesman" is so sweet and funny that its darker themes of death, abandonment, existential uncertainty and the impermanence of human relations sneak up quietly on the reader." "The News & Observer"" "The Bible Salesman skillfully employs all the devices its author has honed over the years-a fine ear for dialogue, a love for the South and its people, and a gently modulated wit-to produce another winner." "Booklist"" "Irresistible...Edgerton is a master of comic timing, and The Bible Salesman is a font of wildly creative comedy."--Richmond Times Dispatch "The Bible Salesman skillfully employs all the devices its author has honed over the years-a fine ear for dialogue, a love for the South and its people, and a gently modulated wit-to produce another winner."--Booklist "There are immense pleasures in the tales patched together in "The Bible Salesman" - tales that could have been spun on the front porch of a late summer North Carolina night."--The Washington Post "Edgerton mines the orthodoxy of his youth in rural North Carolina to find humor in an awkward young man wrestling with the temptations."--The Roanoke Times "If you've ever read any of Clyde Edgerton's wonderful books, you know the characters rule supreme. The same remains true of his newest novel, The Bible Salesman... The character you'll remember most is a recently passed-away cat named Bunny."--Southern Living "Achingly poignant and ripsnortingly funny...The Bible Salesman is so sweet and funny that its darker themes of death, abandonment, existential uncertainty and the impermanence of human relations sneak up quietly on the reader."--The News & Observer "The influences of Mark Twain and James Thurber color The Bible Salesman...With intoxicating Southern-fried humor that's both warm and biting, Edgerton's latest is a breezy crowd-pleaser that will certainly expand his already large and loyal readership."--Western North Carolina Magazine "Clyde Edgerton's funniest in years."--Star News Online (Wilmington) "Hilarious. . . The Bible Salesman combines the sweet and funny stories of growing up in the South with the humorous and frightening adventures of a life of crime."--Associated Press "A rollicking, rambling road novel...one of the better takes on the Southern bible salesman buddy stories since Moses Prey and Addie Prey in Paper Moon."--Publishers Weekly "An escapist romp at heart, perfect for a lazy summer's afternoon."--O Magazine "Clyde Edgerton's storytelling is sublime....The Bible Salesman is a deeply satisfying novel, and great fun."--The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC) "Hilarious...beyond the violence and beyond the laugh-out-loud humor, this story of a boy who becomes a man is, in Edgerton's hands, a true tale of redemption. It's not a spoiler to say that, by novel's end, Henry is indeed saved, though not by any illusions fed to him in Sunday School."--Nashville Scene "A breezy and sometimes humorous yarn."--The Wall Street Journal "In this comedic novel, Edgerton, the author of seven best sellers, gives us a satisfying twist on the coming-of-age tale."--Library Journal "Edgerton is a master of not only describing small-town life, but also of making the reader long for it...Edgerton has great affection for his characters, and while he makes us laugh at their eccentricities, he also provides his readers with enough substance and vulnerability to fall in love with them....one great joy ride."--The News & Observer (Raleigh) "As much as the crime story takes center stage here, it's in these extended flashbacks to Dampier's history that Edgerton shows some of his best writing: quick, nostalgic glimpses of a lost era, told mainly from a child's wide-eyed perspective-but infused with a master storyteller's understanding of the adult world as well.... Warm and winning."--Raleigh Metro Magazine "A breezy and sometimes humorous yarn." -- The Wall Street Journal "Clyde Edgerton's funniest in years." -- Star News Online (Wilmington)