Hot Damn! - Alligators in the Casino, Nude Women in the Grass, How Seashells Changed the Course of History, and Other Dispatches from Paradise (Paperback, First)

James W. Hall is the critically acclaimed author of eleven crime novels, including Body Language and Blackwater Sound. He's also published four books of poetry. And several of his short stories have appeared in magazines like the Georgia Review and Kenyon Review.

Now, writing in the spirit of Dave Barry and Garrison Keillor, Hall wins a new kind of reader with this collection of essays that run from insightful to opinionated, funny to wise.

Hall ponders subjects as diverse as his own love affair with Florida which began on a trip after college from which he never returned, to his equally passionate romance with books. He ponders the nature of summer heat, the writing of Hemingway and James Dickey, television, teaching, politics, fatherhood and much more. In the vibrant and elegant prose which characterize his fiction and poetry, Hall now proves himself a master of the essay as well.

General

Imprint:	St. Martin's Griffin
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2003
First published:	June 2003
Authors:	James W Hall
Dimensions:	223 x 132 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	248
Edition:	First
ISBN-13:	978-0-312-31615-0
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Humour > Humour collections & anthologies Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Promotions
LSN:	0-312-31615-1
Barcode:	9780312316150

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