The stories collected in This Is Not the Tropics come from the
geographic center of a divided nation, and its protagonists evoke a
split personality-one half submerged in America's own diehard
mythology, the other half searching to escape tradition. Together
they form a portrait of the Plains that is both quirky and
poignant. While the themes in this collection are familiar-love and
betrayal, loneliness and regret, the needs of the individual versus
the needs of the community-the tales themselves are startling and
new. Whether it is the story of an eccentric out-of-work accordion
player; a woman ending a long marriage against the backdrop of a
visit from her failing mother; a young girl who wishes to solve a
mystery until real mystery enters her life; or all of the men in a
small Nebraska town who annually compete in a hilariously earnest
beauty pageant, these are tales that speak of the lives lived in
the small towns, the prairie cities, and on the dirt roads off blue
highways in the middle of nowhere and everywhere.
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