"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
"Bernie Schein is the funniest man alive, or so he has dogmatically maintained during the burdensome decades I have known him. Like its author, this ambitious novel is by turns hysterically funny, wildly neurotic, uniquely sensitive, and heartbreakingly honest. Bernie has staked his claim on the literary landscape of the South with his unforgettable small town of equally unforgettable Jews, whites, blacks, marines, politicians, prostitutes, cops, killers, sell-outs, aristocrats, journalists, and rebels. He shies away from neither the best nor worse in us and, with compassion and authority, tells a story that is at once his own and that of everyone you will ever meet, each made famous all over town."―Pat Conroy
"Bernie Schein's Famous all over Town achieves what engaging storytelling is supposed to achieve―expressive characters revealing spirited stories. Covering the 60s into the 90s of conflict and change in the lowcountry of South Carolina, Schein's cast of activists rise up in triumph. . . Splendidly written, it is a reader's delight."―Terry Kay, author of To Dance with the White Dog and The Book of Marie
"Every South Carolina schoolboy in the '60s knew the story of the shaved-head, steely-eyed recruits who were maliciously marched into the pluff mud at Parris Island, a place we all feared, for good reason. Within these pages, Bernie Schein transports us deep into that psychologically loaded place and time where religion and racism serve as barometric bookends to a tragedy that touched the lives of an entire town and resonated with the whole nation."―Ken Burger, author of Swallow Savannah, Sister Santee, and Salkehatchie Soup
"Famous all over Town captures the heart and essence of imperfect, lovable, infuriating, and admirable southern characters in a story full of vivid images and intersecting story lines from the '60s through the '90s. With a soft heart and a calloused hand, Bernie Schein introduces us to a South we might not ever know without him, and it's a place I'd like to settle in for good."―Patti Callahan Henry, author of The Stories We Tell, And Then I Found You, and others
"Since you can't sing Dixie, We Shall Overcome, and My Yiddishe Momme all at once, you must read this splendid novel, a vision of the small-town South, past and present, that will rattle your funny bone and rend your heart."―Peter Golden, author of Comeback Love
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Shipping:
US$ 3.00
Within U.S.A.
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Brand New Copy. Seller Inventory # BBB_new1611174392
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Buy for Great customer experience. Seller Inventory # GoldenDragon1611174392
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New. Seller Inventory # Wizard1611174392
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Seller Inventory # think1611174392
Book Description Condition: new. Seller Inventory # FrontCover1611174392
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Seller Inventory # Holz_New_1611174392
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 354 pages. 8.00x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # 1611174392
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Seller Inventory # Abebooks497153