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Biloxi : a novel
- Title
- Biloxi : a novel / Mary Miller.
- Author
- Miller, Mary, 1977-
- Publication
- New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2019]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 19-5085 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 255 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- "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"--
- Biloxi, Mississippi. Sixty-three-year-old Louis McDonald Jr.'s wife of thirty-seven years left him; his father has passed, and Louis impulsively retired from his job in anticipation of an inheritance check that may not come. He watches reality television and avoids his ex-wife and daughter. One day he stops at a house advertising free dogs and meets overweight mixed-breed Layla. And soon Louis is investigating local dog parks and buying extra bologna... and reevaluating what he once considered the fixed horizons of his life. -- adapted from jacket
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Domestic fiction.
- Novels.
- Animal fiction.
- Fiction.
- Call Number
- JFD 19-5085
- ISBN
- 9781631492167
- 1631492160
- LCCN
- 2018056974
- OCLC
- 1054000554
- Author
- Miller, Mary, 1977- author.
- Title
- Biloxi : a novel / Mary Miller.
- Publisher
- New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2019]
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Research Call Number
- JFD 19-5085