The third in Wilcox's uproarious series of novels set in Tula
Springs, Louisiana, this comedy of southern manners reminds us that
Wilcox really gets his juices flowing when he's back on his native
soil, far from the Manhattan of his duller, more recent books.
Though none of his narratives attains the unmitigated hilarity of
"Modern Baptists", this tale of religious fundamentalism,
unemployment, and adultery comes close. In 1987, "Kirkus "noted
that Wilcox drew a tighter knot around small-town life, and that
his profiles "of casual corruption and amorality" were "all the
more memorable for being so offhanded." Wilcox, "one of the best
plotters around," sucks up his characters with "centrifugal
motion." Praising him over Updike as a chronicler of "American
social reality and absurdity," "Kirkus "was in awe of his ability
to make "gags rise and then fade into something more melancholy."
In short, we were persuaded "he's a master." Too bad his later
books haven't sustained that rep. (Kirkus Reviews)
No scandal has ever rocked Tula Springs, Louisiana, like the discovery one morning of a dead body sprawled beneath L. D. Loraine?s window. No matter that L.D. is 91 and nearly bedridden ? the evidence clearly points to him as the murderer of the nasty Mr Versey, his lackadaisical home attendant. Before justice can be done however half the staff of City Hall, a suspicious old curmudgeon of a judge, a home ec teacher, an uninspired dentist, the principal of a disreputable school, several adulterous housewives and even Miss Undine?s living room are implicated? Standing firmly and stubbornly at the centre of the action is the great niece of the accused, Olive Mackie. Outraged on learning that she too has been drawn into the case she decides that desperate action is called for and heads out to restore her reputation and to singlehandedly set things straight in the beleaguered town.
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