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    Call and Response

    By T. R. Pearson

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    Meandering from comic set pieces to hilarious digressions, Call and Response perfectly captures the peculiar lilts and rhythms of the South -- and spins a magical tale of love and all its manifold complications. The novel centers on Nestor Tudor, a middle-aged widower who is overfond of Ancient Age and Old Gold filters. TR Pearson interweaves the story of Nestor's late-blooming, and ultimately unrequited, affection for Mary Alice Celestine Lefler with parallel stories of true love and broken hearts, young love and cheating hearts, and every other variety of courtship imaginable. Extravagantly funny and overflowing with the rich cadences and droll loquacity of Southern storytelling, Call and Response is a remarkable joy to read.

    "An American original. Pearson has invented his own world."  Los Angeles Times

    "T. R. Pearson has a perfectly pitched comic voice that transforms the humblest daily activities into the zaniest and most significant events."  Newsday

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBarking Mad Press
    Release dateFeb 13, 2019
    ISBN9781386418368
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    T. R. Pearson

    T. R. Pearson’s widely acclaimed novels include A Short History of a Small Place, Cry Me a River, Off for the Sweet Hereafter, Blue Ridge, and Polar. He lives in Virginia and Brooklyn, New York.

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