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Preston Clearwater has been a criminal since stealing two chain saws and 1,600 pairs of aviator sunglasses from the army during the Second World War. Back on the road in postwar North Carolina, now a member of a car-theft ring, he picks up hitchhiking Henry Dampier, an innocent twenty-year-old Bible salesman. Clearwater immediately recognizes Henry as smart but gullible, just the associate he needs--one who will believe Clearwater is working undercover for the F.B.I.; one who will drive the cars Clearwater steals as Clearwater follows along in his own car at a safe distance. Henry joyfully sees a chance to lead a dual life as a Bible salesman and a G-man.
During his hilarious and scary adventures, Henry grapples with doubts about the Bible's accuracy, and we learn of his fundamentalist upbringing, an upbringing that doesn't prepared him for his new life. As he falls in love with the captivating Marleen Green and questions his religious training, Henry begins to see he's being used--that he is on his own in a way he never imagined.
During his hilarious and scary adventures, Henry grapples with doubts about the Bible's accuracy, and we learn of his fundamentalist upbringing, an upbringing that doesn't prepared him for his new life. As he falls in love with the captivating Marleen Green and questions his religious training, Henry begins to see he's being used--that he is on his own in a way he never imagined.
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"A breezy and sometimes humorous yarn." -- The Wall Street Journal
"Clyde Edgerton's funniest in years." -- Star News Online (Wilmington)
"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)""
"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""
"Clyde Edgerton's storytelling is sublime...."The Bible Salesman" is a deeply satisfying novel, and great fun." "The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC)""
"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""
"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""
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"Clyde Edgerton's funniest in years." -- Star News Online (Wilmington)
"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)""
"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""
"Clyde Edgerton's storytelling is sublime...."The Bible Salesman" is a deeply satisfying novel, and great fun." "The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC)""
"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""
"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""
From "a Southern tale-spinning master" (Rocky Mountain News), a tender and hilarious new novel featuring scoundrels and innocents, car thievery and the holy book
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