Johnny Payne

• Jun-1999
• / General Fiction
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Set in a decidedly postmodern subdivision in Appalachia, Kentuckiana focuses on the lives of the Miles family, an imaginary clan invented by a real-estate developer who is authoring a report on the neighborhoods he has created....

• Feb-2000
• / Fantasy
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For readers tired of everything postmodern, this collection of folk tales reminds us of the primal power fables and oral tradition hold over the imagination. In these thirty-one stories--told by Quechua speakers in highland Peru--we encounter the ...

• Jun-2001
• / General Fiction
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This darkly humorous fourth novel by Johnny Payne takes us from the blues clubs and boxing rings of Chicago to the world of Kentucky harness racing and the hedonism of South Beach. Its characters--among them the black elites of Chicago and the white ...

• Jan-2018
• / Action Adventure
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What does a South Florida philosophy professor turned car salesman do when he can’t fall out of love with a passionate, smart, witty, sexy redneck gal who just can’t stay faithful? What do you do when the yearning melancholy animal overtakes t...

• Aug-2019
• / Historical
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In the Old South, freedom moves in kind hands and brave hearts … but justice only comes from the barrel of a gun.

• Sep-2020
• / Historical
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London, 1843 He hadn't planned to become a murderer. In fact, he had dreamed of graduating from Oxford, settling down with Cecilia, the love of his life, opening a small law practice, having a child, and stealing away from his overbearing in-laws. ...