The Many Aspects of Mobile Home Livin..., Martin Clark
The Many Aspects of Mobile Home Livin..., Martin Clark
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The Many Aspects of Mobile Home Living

Author: Martin Clark

Narrator: Henry Strozier

Unabridged: 16 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/06/2015


Synopsis

In this masterful debut, Martin Clark proves to be the heir apparent of great Southern raconteurs and the envy of more seasoned novelists as he takes us on a frantic tour of the modern south. Hung over, beaten by the unforgiving sun, bitter at his estranged wife, and dreading the dayA's docket of petty criminal cases, Judge Evers Wheeling is in need of something on the morning he's accosted by Ruth Esther English. Ruth Esther's strange story certainly is something, and Judge Wheeling finds himself in uncharted territory. Reluctantly agreeing to help Ruth Esther retrieve some stolen money, he recruits his pot-addled brother and a band of merry hangers-on for the big adventure. Raucous road trips, infidelity, suspected killers, winning Lotto tickets, drunken philosophical rants, and at least one naked woman tied to a road sign ensue in The Many Aspects of Mobile Home Living, one part legal thriller, one part murder mystery, and all parts all wild.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jonathan on April 04, 2020

Rating: 3.5 stars An unusual story with equally odd characters, I enjoyed it for the most part. Judge Evers Wheeling breaks the mold with legal professionals; drinking, pot smoking and pontification the basis. But this is the South there's no middle ground. Using dark comedy, plot twists and emotiona......more

Goodreads review by Kasa on November 01, 2018

So many wheels spinning here, but ultimately it held my interest and made me laugh.......more

Goodreads review by Laura on September 07, 2008

At some point in this book, maybe midway through, I had pretty much decided I didn’t like it all that much. Mostly, that’s because with one exception I just couldn’t like, respect, or cheer for the characters. Main character Judge Evers Wheeling is a screwed-up whiner. His brother, Pascal -- who liv......more

Goodreads review by Scottie on December 11, 2009

A delightful read. After reading that Barbara Kingsolver's next book will be "The Lacuna", I was interested to see that Clark used the term in this book; ".....as if god had built the ground first, the sky second, and then, dissatisfied with the lacuna between top and bottom, joined the two together......more

Goodreads review by Andrew on May 01, 2016

I was really not a fan of this book. It was boring and slow moving and I had no investment in the characters. The saving grace is that the story is interesting, has some cool plot points and was unexpected. But it took me way too long to read because I just couldn't get into it.......more