

The New and Improved Romie Futch
Author: Julia Elliott
Narrator: T. Ryder Smith
Unabridged: 11 hr 2 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 10/01/2015
Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction
Author: Julia Elliott
Narrator: T. Ryder Smith
Unabridged: 11 hr 2 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 10/01/2015
Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction
This was a really interesting read. They aren't joking when they call this a "Southern Gothic tall tale"! The premise was hilarious and the writing was fantastic. Great show from Julia Elliott's first novel...she definitely has a fresh voice, and her writing is wonderfully descriptive. I probably wou......more
I loved this book from start to finish. Very smart and witty. I hope the writer has a long career ahead of her!......more
by Gregg Chadwick Julia Elliott's new novel, "The New and Improved Romie Futch", takes us on a Southern adventure that seems inspired by the absurdly picaresque world of John Kennedy Toole's "A Confederacy of Dunces", the cyber/ historic cosmography of David Mitchell's "Cloud Atlas", the dangerous sc......more
Grab your thesaurus, cause you're going to need it. Not because the author is simply displaying her MFA chops, at least, because the main character actually has a legitimate reason for spouting such vocabulary depth and eloquence, as well as throwing about some heavy philosophy and lit crit. It's al......more
I really loved The Wilds. This almost has my name written all over it. Elliot does a good job with Futch's voice, and he's a taxidermist! Her pop (and not so pop) culture references are totally up my alley. Harry Partch? Sun Ra? Delia Derbyshire? (Funny she felt the need to explain who Derbyshire wa......more