Miss Undine's Living Room - Hardcover

Wilcox, James

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060157615 ISBN 13: 9780060157616

Publisher: Harpercollins, 1987

Synopsis

Narrates the often comical events in Tula Springs surrounding the suspicious death of a male nurse caring for Uncle L.D., a bedridden octogenarian

About this title

From the Back Cover:

A candidate for the office of Superintendent of Streets, Parks, and Garbage, middle-aged matron Olive Mackie of Tula Springs, Louisiana, finds her political aspirations thwarted when her ninety-one-year-old Great Uncle L.D. comes under suspicion for murder. Police don't believe that L.D.'s home-care attendant would commit suicide by jumping from a second-floor window -- but Olive, who has heard her uncle demonstrate his excellent memory by reciting important dates in history over and over, thinks he would. Before justice can be done, half the staff of City Hall, a home ec teacher, an uninspired dentist, the principal of a disreputable private school, and several adulterous housewives are implicated in James Wilcox's spectacular comic plot, his third exuberant Tula Springs novel.

About the Author:

James Wilcox is the author of eight novels, including North Gladiola, Modern Baptists, Guest of a Sinner, and, most recently, Heavenly Days. He is Robert Penn Warren Professor and director of creative writing at Louisiana State University and lives in Baton Rouge.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harpercollins
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0060157615
• ISBN 13: 9780060157616
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 275