Synopsis
Miss Jessie Gatewood enters the steamy East Texas town of Splendora on the arm of a native son and, draped in Victorian finery and social graces, takes the town and its relentlessly eccentric residents by storm
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About the Author
Edward Swift made his debut as a novelist in 1978 with Splendora, which The Houston Chronicle praised as one of the year's best comic novels. He has since written four other acclaimed novels, as well as a memoir, My Grandfather's Finger. He lives in New York City, where he is working on a new novel.
Review
"An intoxicating mixture of wickedness and fun." -- People
"Edward Swift has a particular gift for capturing the continuous low musical murmur of small-town gossip..." -- Anne Tyler, The New York Times Book Review
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Splendora
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Penguin Books April 1981, 1981
ISBN 10: 0140057560
ISBN 13: 9780140057560
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