Biloxi
a novel
Miller, Mary
1977-
creator
author.
text
nyu
2019
First edition.
monographic
eng
255 pages ; 22 cm
"Mary Miller seizes the mantle of southern literature with this wry tale of middle age and the unexpected turns a life can take. Like her predecessors Ann Beattie and Raymond Carver, Mary Miller brings an essential voice to her generation. Building on her critically acclaimed novel, The Last Days of California, and her biting collection, Always Happy Hour, Miller slyly transports readers to her unapologetic corner of the South--this time, Biloxi, Mississippi, home to sixty-three-year-old Louis McDonald Jr. His wife of thirty-seven years left him, his father has passed--and he has impulsively retired from his job in anticipation of an inheritance check that may not come. In the meantime, he watches reality television, sips beer, and avoids his ex-wife and daughter. One day, he stops at a house advertising free dogs and meets overweight mixed-breed Layla. Unexpectedly, Louis takes her, and, newly invigorated, begins investigating local dog parks and buying extra bologna. Mining the absurdities of life with her signature "droll minimalist's-eye view of America" (Joyce Carol Oates), Mary Miller's Biloxi affirms her place in contemporary literature" --
Mary Miller.
Divorced men
Fiction
Dogs
Fiction
Human-animal relationships
Fiction
Biloxi (Miss.)
Fiction
PS3613.I5446 B55 2019
813/.6
9781631492167 :
1631492160 :
2018056974
DLC
181210
20190729160332.0
2018056974
eng