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Pulitzer Prize nominee Charles McNair to appear at FoxTale Book Shoppe

Charles McNair is back! His first novel, Land O’ Goshen, was a nominee for the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1994 and now comes Pickett's Charge, a perfect gift for the civil War buff on your holiday list!  McNair will be discussing and signing his latest novel.  This is a free event and book purchase is optional.

A comedy, a tragedy. Threadgill Pickett, veteran of the Civil War, breaks out from an Alabama old folks home and starts a quest northward to kill the last living Union Soldier. This is to avenge his brother, who was needlessly killed by Union soldiers, outside of any conflict. On his journey Threadgill encounters two brothers building a time machine, a trio of Klu Kluxers, a man collecting raccoons that turn out to be rabid, a wannabe country singer, and a truck-driving woman to make men stand in awe. He also encounters a Utopian society of blacks and whites who share family, food, love, and grief.

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