Coy, Jr. (Paperback)

Randall Dixon

ISBN 10: 1533150079 / ISBN 13: 9781533150073

Published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

About this Item

Paperback. Fourteen-year-old Coy Povine leads a miserably insignificant life with his domineering, quick-tempered mother and milquetoast father in rural Mississippi. When his quirky cousin Woody decides to steal a truck and coerces Coy to ride along they have a deadly run-in with corrupt deputy sheriff and family enemy Clark Hannon. The dust doesn't settle before Coy stumbles upon a family member's illegal activity and then evidence that his and Woody's closely held childhood secret is about to be exposed. These two country bumpkins will keep you laughing as they wade through the brambles of mystery and intrigue to discover who all is out to get them. There is a constant battle throughout this tale as Coy wrestles with the virtues of telling the truth or hiding in the shadows of kept secrets and tangled webs of lies. Whether it is innocence, stupidity or some combination of the two, nothing will put a damper on their goal to win the hearts of the more mature and worldly Crabtree sisters. Set in the backwater town of Rainer, Mississippi, circa 1970, this story will take most folks to a time and place they have never imagined. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Coy, Jr. (Paperback)
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1533150079
• ISBN 13: 9781533150073
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Fourteen-year-old Coy Povine leads a miserably insignificant life with his domineering, quick-tempered mother and milquetoast father in rural Mississippi. When his quirky cousin Woody decides to steal a truck and coerces Coy to ride along they have a deadly run-in with corrupt deputy sheriff and family enemy Clark Hannon. The dust doesn’t settle before Coy stumbles upon a family member’s illegal activity and then evidence that his and Woody’s closely held childhood secret is about to be exposed. These two country bumpkins will keep you laughing as they wade through the brambles of mystery and intrigue to discover who all is out to get them. There is a constant battle throughout this tale as Coy wrestles with the virtues of telling the truth or hiding in the shadows of kept secrets and tangled webs of lies. Whether it is innocence, stupidity or some combination of the two, nothing will put a damper on their goal to win the hearts of the more mature and worldly Crabtree sisters. Set in the backwater town of Rainer, Mississippi, circa 1970, this story will take most folks to a time and place they have never imagined.