- Fiction, Eccentrics and eccentricities, Married people, Automobile travel
Ray Midge is befuddled when his wife takes off with his car, his money, and her ex-husband. When credit card statements start rolling in, he takes off to find them (in the ex-husband's clunker). His search takes him across the southern United States and into Mexico, where he meets a cast of eccentric characters. Through it all, Ray maintains a sense of humor without a sense of revenge--he justs wants what is rightfully his.
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Classical in form, cool, warm and comic.
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- warmbleak
- gravecomic
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Charles Portis
- First published
- 1979
- Pages
- 256
- Publisher
- Blackstone Audiobooks, Blackstone Audio Inc, Bantam Books
- Editions
- 11
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781470890155
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“My wife Norma had run off with Guy Dupree and I was waiting around for the credit card billings to come in so I could see where they had gone.”
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