{"product_id":"crackers-paperback-3","title":"Crackers - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoy Blount\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHave you ever asked yourself, Am I southern? If not geographically, then deep down, at heart? Or, if I am not southern myself, do I know people who are southern, whom I misunderstand? Is there some authority I should consult? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrackers\u003c\/i\u003e. Without this book, you will just flail around in the shallows of Southernity, with nothing solid to hold onto. Roy Blount Jr. puts you in touch with possums, heterosexist dancing, people named Junior, a two-headed four-armed three-legged gospel-singing man, your feelings about the Carter administration. These specifics take you out into the depths. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a character in \u003ci\u003eCrackers\u003c\/i\u003e puts it, \"I don't read books about the South, but I read southern books. Hoooo, people stealing one another's wooden legs, setting fires, making tarbabies out of one another. . . .\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrackers\u003c\/i\u003e is a southern book.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eROY BLOUNT JR.'s works include the memoir \u003ci\u003eBe Sweet: A Conditional Love Story\u003c\/i\u003e, the novel \u003ci\u003eFirst Hubby\u003c\/i\u003e, the screenplay for \u003ci\u003eLarger than Life\u003c\/i\u003e, the edited anthology \u003ci\u003eRoy Blount's Book of Southern Humor\u003c\/i\u003e, and such collections as \u003ci\u003eNow, Where Were We?\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNot Exactly What I Had in Mind\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a frequent guest on Garrison Keillor's \"A Prairie Home Companion\" and a columnist for the \u003ci\u003eOxford American\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York City and western Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 324\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 8.18 x 5.46 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47295228674297,"sku":"9780820320601","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ZzRINndSc0FTbzFIMFVtWXcyZldHQT09.webp?v=1769199367","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/crackers-paperback-3","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}