Pete Shirley The Great Tar Heel Novel Author:David Perkins (Editor) Pete & Shirley: The Great Tar Heel Novel — What happens when 17 of North Carolina's best known and most shameless writers agree to write a serial novel, each producing a chapter in turn? — A serial novel by 17 of North Carolina's writers: Clyde Edgerton, Lee Smith, Fred Chappell, David Guy, Tim Mc... more »Laurin, Jill McCorkle, William McCranor Henderson, Kaye Gibbons, Jerry Bledsoe, Margaret Maron, Philip Gerard, Marianne Gingher, Bland Simpson, Laura Argiri, John Welter, Jaki Shelton Green, and Michael Chitwood.
- A writer's conference writhing with reptiles...
- A mysterious death...
- Gross dressing...
- An encounter with Robert James Waller...
- A family values brush arbor revival...
...not to mention other crimes and misdemeanors...
Pete and Shirley are the quintessential Tar Heel couple, early-middle-age, middle-class, each married for the second time, both striving to improve themselves. He's looking for a country music hit, she's dreaming of literary stardom. Then one day Shirley brings home a box of clothing from a garage sale. In the bottom is a sealed briefcase with a note taped to it. Shirley opens it -- and the fun and weirdness begin.
Ribald, rowdy, raucous and riveting, this hilarious novel is unlike any other you're ever apt to read.
It is NOT a book to be taken seriously. The characters are made into caricatures of southerners and meant to be funny. The authors take turns writing and you can see how they try to set the next one up to "untangle" the cliffhangers they create.« less