In Needmore, Kentucky, in the late 1940s, bookish high school senior Harry Eastep is appointed mentor to Monk McHorning, the hulking hope of the high school basketball team, in a comic novel about the pains of youth and the possibilities of integrity...
Highlighting the collection is Grateful Dead I Have Known, a long prize-winning meditation about Jerry Garcia and the fanatical devotion of his fans. Also collected here for the first time are McClanahans earliest short stories, along with book revie...
If Â"memoirabilia” were a word, it would perfectly describe O the Clear Moment. In this enormously appealing Â"implied autobiography,” Ed McClanahan has assembled a gathering of stories that are both quirky and cutting, all told in the inimitable...
This rollicking collection -- personally selected by the author (in collaboration with his editor Tom Marksbury) -- gathers the best of Ed McClanahan's work, making it a mustâ€"have for both longâ€"time fans and newcomers alike. Comprised of fourteen...
McClanahan crafts his comingâ€"ofâ€"age tales with comic wit and refreshing honesty, inviting readers to relive the memories that shaped his character and career -- from hilarious childhood antics in smallâ€"town Kentucky to eyeâ€"opening adventures ...
A miscreant, misanthrope, and misfit, two-nosed Luther Jukes lands in jail for murdering a man who insulted his froglike facial features. As Luther schemes in his cell, hoosegow scullery maid Juanita Sparks frets over an unwanted pregnancy. But there...