Mean Moon Blues |
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Author:
| Osier, John |
ISBN: | 978-1-4823-9128-2 |
Publication Date: | May 2013 |
Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $11.95 |
Book Description:
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People in a backwoods Southern town are shocked when the body of a recently deceased banker, the richest and most despised man in the county, disappears from the local graveyard then is offered back to the grieving widow for a hefty ransom. The body snatchers, a hardscrabble family of moonshiners, are led by 'Sleepy' Dinmore, a man desperate to escape poverty and his sister Stella Jo, intent on buying an up-to-date artificial leg. The novel, alternately humorous, macabre and...
More DescriptionPeople in a backwoods Southern town are shocked when the body of a recently deceased banker, the richest and most despised man in the county, disappears from the local graveyard then is offered back to the grieving widow for a hefty ransom. The body snatchers, a hardscrabble family of moonshiners, are led by 'Sleepy' Dinmore, a man desperate to escape poverty and his sister Stella Jo, intent on buying an up-to-date artificial leg. The novel, alternately humorous, macabre and suspenseful reaches a climax with local lawmen out to shoot Sleepy on sight as he attempts to collect the ransom and help his family start a new life.