There was virtually nothing i liked about jim dodges fup when it arrived at my door. A domesticated twentypound hen mallard thats a female duck, for those of you in the red states battles her archenemy, a wild boar named lockjaw. At little over a short storys length fups a very quick read but itll stay with you for years. A very big duck indeedand she is going to change their world forever. Fup, by jim dodge it may seem strange to devote 250 words to a book 121 pages long, but jim dodge, often compared to the great thomas pynchon, has created a miniature classic worthy of the most. He has published three novels fup, not fade away, and stone junction and a collection of poetry and prose, rain on the river. But then, fup arrives an asskicking, webfooted, feathery sonofagun. He has published three novelsfup, not fade away, and stone junctionand a collection of poetry. One hundred year old grandaddy jake and his enormous grandson tiny live life on the fringes, drinking whiskey, building fences, boasting of immortality. Floorboard george gastin is part of an insurance scam to wreck a pure white, mint condition 59 cadillac originally intended for the big bopper as a token, isbn 9781841954868. It was at such a time that they handed me the cause of their days celebration. Jim dodge author jim dodge is the author of three novels fup, not fade away and stone junction and a collection of poetry and short prose, rain on the river. Theres granddaddy jake santee, 99 years old, isbn 9781847673251.
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