{"product_id":"music-of-the-swamp-paperback","title":"Music of the Swamp - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLewis Nordan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This is not merely a stellar book. It is absolute ballad put to page.\" --\u003ci\u003eSouthern Living\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLewis Nordan's fiction invents its own world--always populated by madly heroic misfits. In \u003ci\u003eMusic of the Swamp, \u003c\/i\u003e he focuses his magic and imagination on a boy's utterly helpless love for his utterly hopeless father--a man who attracts bad luck like a magnet. Nordan evokes ten-year-old Sugar Mecklin's world with dazzling clarity: the smells, the tastes, and most surely the sounds of life in this peculiar, somewhat bizarre, Delta town. Sugar discovers that what his daddy says is true: \"The Delta is filled up with death\"; but he also finds an endless supply of hope. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn ALA Notable Book\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Fiction Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This is not merely a stellar book. It is absolute ballad put to page.\"*\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLewis Nordan's fiction invents its own world--always populated by madly heroic misfits. In \u003ci\u003eMusic of the Swamp, \u003c\/i\u003e he focuses his magic and imagination on a boy's utterly helpless love for his utterly hopeless father--a man who attracts bad luck like a magnet. Nordan evokes ten-year-old Sugar Mecklin's world with dazzling clarity: the smells, the tastes, and most surely the sounds of life in this peculiar, somewhat bizarre, Delta town. Sugar discovers that what his daddy says is true: \"The Delta is filled up with death\"; but he also finds an endless supply of hope. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn ALA Notable Book\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Fiction Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Conjures up a Southern-fried childhood that's as dark, hilarious and affecting as any you're likely to encounter.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Cleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Nordan provoke[s] a cringe of pain right after the belly laugh. His books . . . are very funny and deep-down sad, stirring up great heaps of emotion.\" --\u003ci\u003eNew York Newsday\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A bittersweet melody syncopated with sadness relieved by moments of all-too-human comedy . . . 'There is great pain in all love, ' Sugar eventually concludes, 'but we don't care, it's worth it.' Mr. Nordan's enchanting \u003ci\u003eMusic of the Swamp\u003c\/i\u003e bears poignant witness to that truth.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Nordan introduces a group of characters as wild and woolly, as unpredictable, outrageous and violence-prone as the land that spawns them.\" --\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Like a hypnotic Bessie Smith ballad, Nordan's book bids you listen.\" --*\u003ci\u003eSouthern Living\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 6.97 x 4.99 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 17, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760523804960,"sku":"9781565120167","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ac88127066728fa825cd200f75da34ba.webp?v=1780182382","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/music-of-the-swamp-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}