“Harold, where are you going? Get that little box of . . . get that little pretty we brought Miss Ivy out of the truck. We forgot.
“That Harold is a something. By the way, Miss Ivy, would you be interested in buying a bird?”
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© 1992 by Clyde Edgerton. All rights reserved.
This is a work of fiction. While, as in all fiction, the literary
perceptions and insights are based on experience, all names,
characters, places, and incidents are either products of the author’s
imagination or are used fictitiously. No reference to any real person
is intended or should be inferred.
Thanks to O. Vic Miller, Phil Schlechty, W. C. Martin, Betty Foster,
Clyde Yancey, and Harriett Purves.
Parts of this book originally appeared in slightly different form in
Frank, North Carolina Humanities, and Southern Exposure.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available for a previous edition of this work.
E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-211-8
Also by CLYDE EDGERTON
Raney
Walking Across Egypt
The Floatplane Notebooks
Killer Diller
Redeye
Where Trouble Sleeps
Lunch at the Piccadilly
Solo: My Adventures in the Air
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