Outbound: The Curious Secession of Latter-Day Charleston - Softcover

Geer, Charlie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1456307002 ISBN 13: 9781456307004

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2011

Synopsis

"When the Charleston Peninsula broke off from mainland South Carolina and began floating out to sea, among the last to notice were those persons trapped on board . . ."
The old port city has welcomed its share of visitors over the years, but when a bureaucratic snafu brings the Bravado Arts Festival, the Tri-County Mini-Storage Convention, and the Hunters-for-Jesus Jamboree to town all at once, the load is just too much, and for the second time in as many centuries, Charleston secedes--this time, literally. Following the course of the wayward island and the oddball hodgepodge of natives, tourists, and carpetbaggers stuck on board, Outbound is both a hilarious send-up of entrenched society and a deft satire of contemporary American politics. Forget red states and blue states: with rednecks, bluebloods, and redneck bluebloods scrambling for the helm, a rowdy reckoning is in store. Described as "a grand ride" by the Charleston City Paper and "wickedly funny" by the Charleston Post and Courier, this novel won the Independent Publishers Award for Best Regional Fiction, Southeast.

About this title

About the Author:

Before earning an MFA from the University of Florida in 2001, Charlie Geer worked by turns as a circus roustabout, an orchard keeper, a commercial fisherman, and a carpenter. He has studied under Padgett Powell, David Leavitt, and Josh Russell, and his work has appeared in Tin House, Garden and Gun, The Southern Review, and other publications. A native of Charleston, he now lives in southern Spain.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1456307002
• ISBN 13: 9781456307004
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 296
• Illustrator: Balentine J. Douglas