Book description
Introduction by Richard Howorth and foreword by the author. The incomparable Lewis Nordan's first two collections of short fiction--WELCOME TO THE ARROW-CATCHER FAIR and THE ALL-GIRL FOOTBALL TEAM--originally published in 1983 and 1986, have long been out of print in all editions. Collectors' items, these two books are now almost…
Why read it?
1 author picked Sugar Among the Freaks as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I love this book because it contains one of my favorite stories of all time, "Sugar Among the Chickens." This and other of Nordan's stories make me fall on the floor laughing and also help me find thoughts and emotions, below the surface of words, that make me cry.
I was once asked to blurb a Lewis Nordan book. My blurb was: "I wish I could write like Lewis Nordan. I'd rather read his stories than win money."
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