Thirteen Albatrosses
Author | : Donald Harington |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 424 |
Release | : 2003-03 |
ISBN-10 | : 0312421214 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780312421212 |
Rating | : 4/5 (212 Downloads) |
Download or read book Thirteen Albatrosses written by Donald Harington and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-03 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the strange, quixotic quest of Vernon Ingledew: to win the governorship of Arkansas. Ingledew, a self-taught genius, is soon hampered by what his opponents refer to as his “Thirteen Albatrosses.” Among them: he is an atheist; lives in sin with his first cousin; and believes in “extirpating”—that is, getting rid of—hospitals, prisons, tobacco, and handguns. Nevertheless, Ingledew attracts to his campaign some of America’s heaviest political hitters. Together they form Ingledew’s Seven Samurai, aides whose devotion will be tested by kidnappings, adulterous love affairs, and defection to the rival campaign of the vulgar, hated Arkansas Governor Shoat Bradfield.