![]() First edition (US) | |
Author | Mark Dunn |
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Language | English |
Genre | Comedy |
Publisher |
MacAdam/Cage (US) Methuen (UK) |
Publication date | 2002 (US), 2004 (UK) |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print & eBook |
Pages | 352 [1] or 339 [2] |
ISBN | 1-931561-17-6 |
Welcome to Higby is the [3] second novel by Mark Dunn published in 2002 by MacAdam/Cage. [4] and dedicated to his twin brother Clay.
The novel concerns the interconnected lives of the inhabitants of Higby, a fictional town in northern Mississippi, [5] during the Labor Day weekend in 1993. [6] Five separate story lines are woven together featuring 25 main characters [1] which include the Revd. Oren Cullen, struggling to cope with the death of his wife and behaviour of his son Clint (who starts the weekend by falling off a water tower) who is drawn to the manageress of the local massage parlour and Talitha Leigh, kidnapped by an extremist vegan cult and renamed 'Blithe'. [7]
![]() First edition (US) | |
Author | Mark Dunn |
---|---|
Language | English |
Genre | Comedy |
Publisher |
MacAdam/Cage (US) Methuen (UK) |
Publication date | 2002 (US), 2004 (UK) |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print & eBook |
Pages | 352 [1] or 339 [2] |
ISBN | 1-931561-17-6 |
Welcome to Higby is the [3] second novel by Mark Dunn published in 2002 by MacAdam/Cage. [4] and dedicated to his twin brother Clay.
The novel concerns the interconnected lives of the inhabitants of Higby, a fictional town in northern Mississippi, [5] during the Labor Day weekend in 1993. [6] Five separate story lines are woven together featuring 25 main characters [1] which include the Revd. Oren Cullen, struggling to cope with the death of his wife and behaviour of his son Clint (who starts the weekend by falling off a water tower) who is drawn to the manageress of the local massage parlour and Talitha Leigh, kidnapped by an extremist vegan cult and renamed 'Blithe'. [7]