"[Lee Smith] re-creates a vanished way of life with stunning authenticity."-- The Philadelphia Inquirer Speed, Alabama, is frantically preparing for the event of a lifetime: Sesquicentennial Week. And all her proud citizens are kicking up their heels in a lively, pompous fancy strut. . . . Praise for Fancy Strut "Smith offers ripe entertainment." -- People "[She] brings the storytelling gift off the porch swing and onto the printed page with an often breathtaking vitality. . . . A writer of rare talent." -- ...
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"[Lee Smith] re-creates a vanished way of life with stunning authenticity."-- The Philadelphia Inquirer Speed, Alabama, is frantically preparing for the event of a lifetime: Sesquicentennial Week. And all her proud citizens are kicking up their heels in a lively, pompous fancy strut. . . . Praise for Fancy Strut "Smith offers ripe entertainment." -- People "[She] brings the storytelling gift off the porch swing and onto the printed page with an often breathtaking vitality. . . . A writer of rare talent." -- Publishers Weekly "A spellbinding storyteller." -- Newsday "[Smith] has the gift of a McCullers or a Faulkner of catching the sorrow, irony, and humor indigenous to the Southern temperament." -- Booklist
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Add this copy of Fancy Strut to cart. $2.14, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1987 by Ballantine Books.
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I have been enthralled by all of Lee Smith's novels and stories since Black Mountain Breakdown. I have just caught up with this predecessor to Lee's Virginia and North Carolina novels, much more than regional fiction. This one takes play in the town of Speed, Alabama a it prepares for its sesquicentennial, and as its residents prepare for god-all-knows-what. If you do not know Ms Smith, make yourself a reservoir-full of lemonade, adorn yourself with a floppy hat, sit on the porch swing, and start on the first of about a dozen great reads.
